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It's bizarre that it's legal for me to look at pictures of a naked person, but effectively illegal to use technology to do so, just because advertising is subje
by peterwwillis 8y ago
It's bizarre that it's legal for me to look at pictures of a naked person, but effectively illegal to use technology to do so, just because advertising is subject to the whims of a moralistic and prejudicial minority.
- nojvek 8y agoI think it’s the minors that are illegal and that’s what Verizon is afraid of. Adult sites are perfectly legal. Also US is a very religious country (some parts) compared to other western nations. So that’s where some of this comes from.
- peterwwillis 8y agoIt's really just the moralistic people pressuring advertisers. Minors can find a way to get their hands on a Playboy, but we don't stop selling Playboy in shops just because that can happen. People interact online through a select few pieces of tech: smart phone apps, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter. Just saying "adult sites exist" is like telling people to drive over to the wrong side of town and shuffle into a seedy porn theater. The malware-laced pop-up ads, and the lack of creative, multifaceted sexual expression, is what happens when you effectively banish a form a culture from the commons.
- sincerely 8y agoThe issue wasn't that minors were looking at the porn but that there was a lot of porn of minors on Tumblr.
- belltaco 8y agoThe phrase 'effectively illegal' does not make sense for two reasons here. First, looking at naked pictures is different from hosting them to allow others/public to view them. Second, just because something cannot be monetized easily via ads does not mean it is effectively illegal. You could also just direct charge for it, like a lot of businesses do. Also, there are a lot of adult service advertisers, including Viagra and the like that monetize porn sites.