Twitters vine just went adults only... Sexting just hit a whole new level...

[tangent4ronpaul]

One has to wonder how long it will be before the feds start investigating reported vines and filing federal charges against the teens that made them?

Twitter's Vine App Gets 17+ Rating After Porn Controversy
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2415135,00.asp

Video-sharing app Vine is no longer a platform for pre-teen antics; it has now been slapped with a 17+ rating.
The iOS app received an update to versions 1.0.5 on Wednesday. Along with the adult rating, Vine will also now let you block a profile, as well as share to Twitter and Facebook after posting.
The 17+ rating comes after many pornographic clips were posted to Vine, one of which mistakenly landed at the top of the Editor's Picks (it was quickly removed and chalked up to "human error," according to Twitter).
Vine launched last month with a 12+ age rating, but it was upped to 17 this week for - among other things - "frequent/intense sexual content or nudity" - according to the new app description. When opening the app, a pop-up (above) will now ask you to confirm your age. Of course, there's no way to verify someone's age, so it's basically on the honor system.

If you stumble on a video you deem offensive, you can report or block the person who posted it. Go to their profile, tap the "..." button on the top right and a pop-up will give you the option to block (or share) the profile. To report a specific video, tap the "..." button on that video and tap "Report this post."
The app update also allows people to share their videos to Twitter and Facebook after posting; previously you had to choose where it would reside right after uploading. To share, tap the "..." on the bottom right of the video. Once shared, the video will show up as a link on your Twitter or Facebook account (see photos at right).
When Vine initially launched, Facebook blocked access to the app because it fell into a group of apps that "either replicate[d] our functionality or bootstrap[ped] their growth in a way that creates little value for people on Facebook.

At this point, Facebook integration is still limited - you can find Twitter friends to follow within the Vine app, but the app cannot peruse your Facebook friends. Basically, Facebook took issue with the fact that Vine just posted links on Facebook, rather than embedding them on the service. Anyone clicking on a Vine link is directed to the Vine site or app; you can't watch directly from Facebook.
Today's update, meanwhile, also fixed an issue that caused a black screen to appear and uploads to fail after creating a video on certain devices, Vine said, as well as various bug fixes.
Vine isn't the first to get a slap on the wrist for sharing adult content. Photo-sharing service 500px was briefly removed from the App Store once nude photographs were discovered (it returned on Jan. 29). For other apps that ran afoul of Apple's policies, see the slideshow below.
For more, see PCMag's review of Vine for iPhone. Also, check out our guide to using Vine.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2414732,00.asp
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2414713,00.asp

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[Anti Federalist]

I have no idea what this is, or what is being talked about here...

[angelatc]

I have no idea what this is, or what is being talked about here...
Neither do I, and I use Twitter. I think it must have to do with the phone interface.

[dannno]

I don't know that teens were using it for sexting, the article actually says that pornographic content was being posted (at one point a pornographic post made it to the top of "editor's picks") but it only said that it was an issue because kids had access to it due to its 12+ age rating.


I have no idea what this is, or what is being talked about here...

I think you use it to make 7ish second video clips that can be easily posted to a twitter account, sort of like how tweets are very limited in the number of characters these videos would also be short and thus easy for people to view very quickly.

[tangent4ronpaul]

I don't know that teens were using it for sexting, the article actually says that pornographic content was being posted (at one point a pornographic post made it to the top of "editor's picks") but it only said that it was an issue because kids had access to it due to its 12+ age rating.

They changed the age rating for the app from 12+ to 17+, but there is no way to enforce this. People were posting porn stuff - like of themselves, so it's basically guaranteed that teens/tweens were posting neekid clips.


I think you use it to make 7ish second video clips that can be easily posted to a twitter account, sort of like how tweets are very limited in the number of characters these videos would also be short and thus easy for people to view very quickly.

exactly, can post to twitter or facebook though the limit is I think 6 seconds.

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[dannno]

They changed the age rating for the app from 12+ to 17+, but there is no way to enforce this. People were posting porn stuff - like of themselves, so it's basically guaranteed that teens/tweens were posting neekid clips.


Well ya it probably happened, although teens generally text that stuff to each other rather than make it public.. Otherwise we'd be hearing more about kids getting in trouble for that stuff, usually they get in trouble because it ends up being discovered by a parent or teacher or law enforcement flipping through their phones. But the article didn't seem to be referencing anything like that, just that kids had access to the adult content.

[Luciconsort]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Anti Federalist again.

[ronpaulfollower999]

On the Internet, I was "18 y/o" when I was 12. The age rating ain't stopping no one.

[rprprs]

On the Internet, I was "18 y/o" when I was 12. The age rating ain't stopping no one.

lol. On the Internet, you were in the minority. Most were 22 y/o when they were 47. :D