I'm curious as to the impetus for this. Whose idea was it, both officially and unofficially. Who benefits, how, and why? What is the stated goal/benefit of having it on by default with no option to turn it off. I'm also interested in the legality of this.
Separately, I recall Tumblr's efforts 5-10 years ago to get rid of illegal, unwanted, and malicious porn. IIRC, the software blocked medical vids, art, PSA's, and the like but failed to block most of what it was supposed to.
IMO, this type of software still has a long way to go. I know of a content producer who got a two week suspension for a pic with a full frontal male nude. The male in question was only not nude, he was wearing opaque, knee-length board shorts!
It's amazing we've come to this place. Such a far cry from the anti-establishment (read: non-IBM) so many of us thought Apple stood for back in the day. (I know I'm dating myself! 😬) If this maneuver is successful, I dread to imagine what might come next! :(
This sounds doubtful. I can imagine someone saying 'It's getting a bit hot in here I'm going to take my jacket off, oh, the screen's frozen.' I wonder if YouTube are using something like this. They appear to be censoring nudity it spite of the number of videos uploaded every hour being beyond the reach of any imaginable army of human reviewers.
Wow. Thank you for the information Evan. It kind of surprised me but probably shouldn’t have, given the entire past history and people’s fears.
I'm getting so tired of tech and tech companies.
Time to find a new portal that is not so anal. Never had an I phone though and will stick with my Android.
I'm curious as to the impetus for this. Whose idea was it, both officially and unofficially. Who benefits, how, and why? What is the stated goal/benefit of having it on by default with no option to turn it off. I'm also interested in the legality of this.
Separately, I recall Tumblr's efforts 5-10 years ago to get rid of illegal, unwanted, and malicious porn. IIRC, the software blocked medical vids, art, PSA's, and the like but failed to block most of what it was supposed to.
IMO, this type of software still has a long way to go. I know of a content producer who got a two week suspension for a pic with a full frontal male nude. The male in question was only not nude, he was wearing opaque, knee-length board shorts!
Thanks for this, Evan... (I think!)
It's amazing we've come to this place. Such a far cry from the anti-establishment (read: non-IBM) so many of us thought Apple stood for back in the day. (I know I'm dating myself! 😬) If this maneuver is successful, I dread to imagine what might come next! :(
I better get rid of my apple phone. Thanks for the tip.
This sounds doubtful. I can imagine someone saying 'It's getting a bit hot in here I'm going to take my jacket off, oh, the screen's frozen.' I wonder if YouTube are using something like this. They appear to be censoring nudity it spite of the number of videos uploaded every hour being beyond the reach of any imaginable army of human reviewers.
I can't say I am surprised. Any clue if there will be a way to disable it?