Porn Will No Longer Grown on the Vine

Your six-seconds of sex may be over. Twitter has decided that pornography has no place on Vine, the social video app, and has banned such explicit posts except when they're used for art or education. Isn't all porn art and educational, though? It feels like we're stepping into a legal quagmire.

According to the Daily Mail (link below), "The Californian-based firm, which bought the video sharing app in 2012, announced the changes on Thursday and the new rules come into effect immediately."

Of course porn has been growing on Vine since the app was introduced. All you need is to develop a medium and the first message will always be sexual explicit. From the Gutenberg press to Tijuana Bibles, sex is the lubricant that oils these engines of media.

Again, from the Daily Mail: "The new rules do come with a series of caveats, however. For example, nudity will be allowed in documentary style clips, if it forms part of an artwork or sculpture, or if it is used for educational purposes. Breastfeeding clips are also allowed.

"Elsewhere, sexually suggestive content is also allowed, such as suggestive dancing, as long as the people in the clip are clothed - although close-ups of aroused genitals underneath clothing are banned.

"The new rules forbid any video of sex acts, sex toys used during sex acts, and sexually graphic animations."

Is this the end of Vine or just the beginning of its withering, slow death? How can a product remain creative without procreating?

Via Daily Mail