Problem
Electronic pornography
Other Names:
Pink messaging servicesPornography by telephone
Electronic sex
Nature:
Financially, dial-a-porn is good to telephone companies, which keep about a third or half of the revenue the services generate. The privatization of British Telecom and breakup of AT and T in USA have generated premium rate services. Nothing in law restricts what two individuals can say to each other over the telephone. So unless the service provider can be judged somehow guilty of "inciting debauchery", the only way to prevent pornographic telephone services is to close down the entire service category - as France did with chat lines that turned out to be pornographic.
Incidence:
In France "pink messages" consist of porno messages designed to put certain Minitel (videotex network) users in touch with each other, or of advertisements for sexually explicit products or services.
Broader Problems:
PornographyInappropriate use of telecommunications services Narrower Problems:
Computer pornographyUncontrolled use of virtual reality equipment Related Problems:
Broadcast pornographyObscene telephone calls Strategies:
Dealing with unsolicited calls Values:
Sex appeal Subject(s):
Innovative change → Change??Social Activity → Services??
Society → Sex-related questions??
Technology → Electronics??
Transportation, Telecommunications → Internet??
Transportation, Telecommunications → Telephone, telex, telefax??
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
02.10.2019 – 18:30 CEST