Dayum! These people are going completely insane.
Well, microsoft, nearly every word that lefties utter is completely offensive to me
Obama has been behind all this. This is what he has been so busy traveling around and doing. This whole Zuckerberg garbage is a sham act.
“offensive” = any view contrary to our own.......
This is a test under the guise of public decency. Once they verify they can control, filter or censor content they will begin limiting conservative speech on their platform.
Good luck with that. Many millenials cannot express themselves without seasoning the phrase with a few vulgarities. It’s the way they’ve been brought up. Their rap videos are lined with profanity and crude imagery.
Some believe the popular myth that if you cuss, you are automatically seen as more authentic.
About six months ago, Microsoft banned Comments on MSN.com news articles.
Very disappointing, actually.
Even though MSN.com is Hard Left, their Comments were 50% Conservative.
In fact, the quality of Conservative comments on MSN.com were often as good as the Conservative comments on Free Republic.
The SJWs in Human Resources have taken over. A common occurrence in today’s large corporations.
I kind of wonder why we are all sitting back taking this crap.
We are like the frog in a pot of water about ready to boil.
Our freedoms will be gone before we are ready to act on it.
So...they’re going to pull all the video game content off their devices?
Sure.
Well @#%! you, Microsoft, you &^#@ing *^%@!!'s, **!!%@*^@$!#.......
So they are going to monitor Skype?? That is going to inhibit a lot of calls. Also, medical practices have been expanding their use of Skype to “see” patients rather than requiring an office visit. Would Microsoft be violating HIPAA provisions?
Yeah, right. Is rap getting a pass?
Yeah, the PC and SWJ Gestapo has entered the building.....
I would bet the ranch that they will not ban anyone for smearing Republicans, conservatives, or Christians.
XBox
How about XXBox
or (EEK)
XXXBox
The wild west freedom era of the internet is over. We are now entering the era of fascism online. Private companies and government will work hand in hand to suppress any thinking that does not follow the globalist/atheist/perverted line.
Our grandchildren will have no concept of information flows where the content is not heavily controlled.
“If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.” - George Orwell
Gizmodo has an article on it, and they make it seem a whole lot about nothing:
You should know that it’s probably not as extreme as Corbett fears. We’ve asked Microsoft for clarification on how decisions will be made for what constitutes a violation of its terms but did not receive an immediate reply.In its summary of changes, Microsoft writes: “In the Code of Conduct section, we’ve clarified that use of offensive language and fraudulent activity is prohibited.” All the stuff about nudity, graphic violence, bestiality and whatnot has been part of the service for quite some time, according to a Wayback Machine search. In fact, the XBox Code of Conduct has also previously prohibited “profane words or phrases.”
Then again, in the replies, Jon Corbett, quoted in your post, wrote:
You should know that it’s probably not as extreme as Corbett fears. We’ve asked Microsoft for clarification...Jon Corbett here.
I find it fascinating how some people look to Microsoft for “clarification” on their contractual terms. It should be crystal clear after Facebook was recently caught secretly uploading your call and SMS history that companies will use their contractual rights to the greatest extent possible. I personally could not care less how a public relations department spins this contract: It unambiguously allows Microsoft to troll through every Skype call, every Office 365 document, and every photo backed up to OneDrive, to look for anything “offensive.”
I appreciate your coverage of this story, but your downplaying of the implications is dangerous. I’m sure you’ll disagree, but I’ll see you in a year or two when you’re writing the story about Microsoft getting caught using these terms to bar political speech, to spy on an employee’s ex, or to otherwise invade the privacy and integrity of our private communications.
I urge you to stop looking for the best intentions when there’s not a reason in the world to assume the same from America’s large tech companies.
—Jon
Frankly, the whole thing is disturbing to me. The other replies on the Gizmodo article has tons of Leftists whooping it up as they think this will only apply to Trump supporters--what knuckleheads!