I thought about that after one of my favorite (German) news magazines made a huge research about certain website(s). Maybe you have heard from it but powerful companies (like Mastercard) threatened popular porn websites to stop the cooperation if they don't take content down which was in a grey area. This is why many porn websites removed content of non-verified accounts (which was a huge amount of their videos). Though not all porn websites have took this step. The reason why they threatened to stop the cooperation was: I think there were media researches that proved that a lot of content of private accounts were for example revenge porn, the shown people did not give consent to upload it, the videos were taken by spy cams, some of them would have shown rape, some videos had even shown minors..etc.
The magazine proved the pratices of a website which resisted to take down content of non-verified accounts. They talked with affected people who suffer a lot because their bodies are shown in those videos but the website denies to take it down. Seemingly it is very very difficult to take down such videos. The website owners are often very hidden. As in the case of Amanda Todd nude pictures which were spread without consent can lead to suicide. It is not unlikely that a lot of people feel extremely ashamed about the videos online. Some obivously don't even know it.
Statistically it is not unlikely some videos show people who have committed suicide due to these recorded videos. I know the number is very very low. But with the large amount of videos this fact is probably true. Yeah this is not a very good argument because it is so unlikely. But it is something that came to my mind. (I am quite obsessed by suicidal thoughts.)
Do you think it is the right step to take down all the content of private users? It is very likely that A LOT of their content is uploaded without consent. This is something I evaluate as quite immoral. So many men and women suffer from it. Personally I am not fully sure about banning all non-verified content. Though I am in favor that when it is proven to be uploaded without consent ect. it should be way easier to report it. It is quite evil not to take it down when someone says it was uploaded without consent/ or showed illegal content.) But there remain a lot of videos where it is not known whether there was consent or not ect. It is hard to prove that. Banning all private content is a huge step and will also affect people who gave consent to upload it.
I think another reason why they stopped all non verified accounts was: There is so much video content uploaded that it is really difficult to moderate it. Though I think some websites don't really give a shit about moderation and just want to make money with it.
I think in the future the internet will get way more regulated if we like it or not. There are many grey area on the internet which will be scrutinized. This probably counts for this forum too. This is why I think censorship is dangerous. I am more hesitant on censorship since I know this forum.
Maybe one other remark about pornography. David Foster Wallace wrote a good story about the American porn industry. The circumstances in which even professional porn is produced are very bad. On the other hand one can say adults can choose whether or not to join that business and its consequences. Probably many actors are quite naive when they join that business. I just checked my consideration and yes it is true. The suicide rate of porn actors is increased. It is a tough business. There is a lot of violence no wonder many use to drugs to cope with it.
I wanted to say with that even porn uploaded from official channels can be seen as problematic.
You could use that argument either to say yeah if also official porn can be problematic we should also allow videos of private accounts. On the other hand you could use this argument to say ban all porn. (which would be in my point of view as stupid as to ban prostitution)
What are your thoughts on that? Is most porn there exists immoral?
The magazine proved the pratices of a website which resisted to take down content of non-verified accounts. They talked with affected people who suffer a lot because their bodies are shown in those videos but the website denies to take it down. Seemingly it is very very difficult to take down such videos. The website owners are often very hidden. As in the case of Amanda Todd nude pictures which were spread without consent can lead to suicide. It is not unlikely that a lot of people feel extremely ashamed about the videos online. Some obivously don't even know it.
Statistically it is not unlikely some videos show people who have committed suicide due to these recorded videos. I know the number is very very low. But with the large amount of videos this fact is probably true. Yeah this is not a very good argument because it is so unlikely. But it is something that came to my mind. (I am quite obsessed by suicidal thoughts.)
Do you think it is the right step to take down all the content of private users? It is very likely that A LOT of their content is uploaded without consent. This is something I evaluate as quite immoral. So many men and women suffer from it. Personally I am not fully sure about banning all non-verified content. Though I am in favor that when it is proven to be uploaded without consent ect. it should be way easier to report it. It is quite evil not to take it down when someone says it was uploaded without consent/ or showed illegal content.) But there remain a lot of videos where it is not known whether there was consent or not ect. It is hard to prove that. Banning all private content is a huge step and will also affect people who gave consent to upload it.
I think another reason why they stopped all non verified accounts was: There is so much video content uploaded that it is really difficult to moderate it. Though I think some websites don't really give a shit about moderation and just want to make money with it.
I think in the future the internet will get way more regulated if we like it or not. There are many grey area on the internet which will be scrutinized. This probably counts for this forum too. This is why I think censorship is dangerous. I am more hesitant on censorship since I know this forum.
Maybe one other remark about pornography. David Foster Wallace wrote a good story about the American porn industry. The circumstances in which even professional porn is produced are very bad. On the other hand one can say adults can choose whether or not to join that business and its consequences. Probably many actors are quite naive when they join that business. I just checked my consideration and yes it is true. The suicide rate of porn actors is increased. It is a tough business. There is a lot of violence no wonder many use to drugs to cope with it.
I wanted to say with that even porn uploaded from official channels can be seen as problematic.
You could use that argument either to say yeah if also official porn can be problematic we should also allow videos of private accounts. On the other hand you could use this argument to say ban all porn. (which would be in my point of view as stupid as to ban prostitution)
What are your thoughts on that? Is most porn there exists immoral?
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