Three Speech recently caught up with Sony Executive Extraordinaire Phil Harrison, and didn’t fret to ask the tough questions.
Most importantly on the Playstation Home and porn.
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Then, in the private spaces, it’s unmoderated - exactly in the same way that you can send an e-mail to somebody with an attachment on it, or you could have a video chat with somebody…we’re not going to have ‘those’ kind of animations that I’m imagining that you’re thinking aboutCome on Phil, you’re disappointed? Everyone knows that we’ll be seeing Jenna Jameson wallpaper while the latest Paris Hilton plays on our virtual Sony Bravias, as well as some kind of way for virtual teabagging. When you give internet users the outlet to do whatever you want, you know that in some way it’s gonna involve porn.
Q: What about uploading porn from your PS3’s hard-disk to your private space? And maybe inviting people you don’t necessarily know back and them being slightly offended by what they see, then going to a moderator?
PH: Well I’m disappointed that you would use those as the first questions. I think Home should be used for a much wider and more beneficial scope than that, but I think that people can express their creativity inside Home in a wide variety of ways and it’s not necessarily for us to dictate what that should be. However, if somebody feels uncomfortable about an encounter on Home, it’s very easy for them to ban that person from their friends list…
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