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PatrThom

PatrThom

I suppose the alternative would be to only consume the content you create yourself, though that might cut into your day job.

--Patrick
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Ravenpoe said:
No, I was serious.
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I know Apple has a lengthy history of not allowing purient content on their store, but this is not something the headset can do on its own. There is currently no tech sophisticated enough to detect pornography. Heck, various legislatures can't even create a standardized definition of pornography.

...also I thought you were specifically referencing the following comic, which has been going around quite a bit of late:
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--Patrick
 
Celt Z

Celt Z

PatrThom said:
I know Apple has a lengthy history of not allowing purient content on their store, but this is not something the headset can do on its own. There is currently no tech sophisticated enough to detect pornography. Heck, various legislatures can't even create a standardized definition of pornography.

...also I thought you were specifically referencing the following comic, which has been going around quite a bit of late:
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--Patrick
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In regards to the comic, I don't think our efforts towards shielding younger children away from sexual content and explicit violence have been a wasted effort. This generation of kids, on average, seems to be a bit more aware of taking other people's emotions and feeling into consideration. And when I hear people my own age say, "...we turned out fine!" -no, we didn't! We've had very unrealistic and selfish expectations about sex and the opposite gender for a while now. Hell, there are things that I remember thinking about myself and regards to my "role" as a girl when I was younger than Li'l Z, and I'm horrified to think of them now. My parents were usually pretty active in my emotional and mental health, but the bombardment of advertising, pop culture, and tv can sometimes over-ride the best parenting efforts. There wasn't a lot of control over what we could be exposed to. And honestly, ditto for violence. We were the first cable tv generation, too, and I think a lot of parents, who we used to the editing of network tv, didn't pay close attention to what we were watching. Hell, we had to invent PG-13 just to help traumatize young kids a little less. I'm not saying we have to shelter all children of all ages from any kind of sex or violence, but we do need to be more careful when they're exposed and how often. I don't know exactly where and when to draw the lines, because I don't think that everyone would agree. I'm sure there are parents who would be horrified and think I'm corrupting my kid because I had to have a scientific discussion on what a period is when he was five. I didn't WANT to have that discussion at that age, but it was better to keep him informed in facts then leave it a mystery that might get things filled in my an unreliable source later.

But in regards to Apple, and adults specifically, I don't think they're necessarily making the right choice. I was listening to the radio on Monday after dropping Li'l Z off at school, and the dj's were talking about a news article that a brothel in Germany* was going to offer live (I think?) VR access to some of their prostitutes. And the dj's were making dismissive jokes about it, but I thought it was a great idea! A service like that would protect so many sex workers health and safety. They wouldn't be exposed to STIs. If a client is getting violent or crossing the line? Cut the feed. I don't the answers to tech like this is black-and-white. I think there's a lot of room for grey, but I also think a lot of people don't want to take the time to really hash it all out, and that puts everyone, kids and adults, in a bad situation.
 
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