{"id":29983,"date":"2024-04-23T15:06:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T06:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=29983"},"modified":"2024-04-23T15:06:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T06:06:28","slug":"pixiv-to-impose-restrictions-on-us-and-uk-users-targeting-obscene-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/pixiv-to-impose-restrictions-on-us-and-uk-users-targeting-obscene-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixiv to impose restrictions on US and UK users, targeting \u201cobscene\u201d content\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pixiv announced an update of their region-based content restrictions on April 22. The new restrictions will come into effect starting April 25, and will regulate the kinds of content users from the US and UK can view and post to the platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pixiv.net\/info.php?id=10829\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announcement<\/a>, the new regulations are a way for Pixiv to comply with the laws and regulations of the respective countries of their users. As such, the restrictions will apply to any user who has their account region set to the United States or United Kingdom.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Additions and updates to the Terms of Use related to restrictions to comply with regional laws will go into effect on April 25th, 2024.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7tDpM9MSTc\">https:\/\/t.co\/7tDpM9MSTc<\/a><br><br>Please check if you are affected by these changes before continuing to use pixiv.<\/p>&mdash; pixiv (@pixiv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pixiv\/status\/1782275580358271105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As for what the regulations are about \u2013 Pixiv has <a href=\"https:\/\/pixiv1.app.box.com\/s\/pi7fb9reh6gvm7t7t0qo4oktw8xih3wc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">uploaded a document<\/a> detailing what kind of content UK and US users will be restricted from viewing and posting. There are five clauses each for the two regions, although there seems to be no substantial difference between them. Some of the restrictions are quite straightforward \u2013 targeting content such as child pornography, deepfakes that violate another\u2019s personality rights, and revenge pornography.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, some of the restrictions are phrased quite broadly \u2013 for example, clauses 4 and 5 mention posting \u201cobscene content\u201d and \u201ccontent that appeals to indecent interest or is patently offensive by the standards of the user\u2019s community.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, clause 3 seems to restrict (in the same boat as snuff pornography) depictions of death and violence on the art platform. It remains to be seen how and to what extent these restrictions will actually be enforced in practice, but their broad wording has generated concern among both overseas and Japanese users, the latter of whom <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marinba_555\/status\/1782299796826738752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fear that similar restrictions could be imposed<\/a> in their own region.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the time being, Pixiv users can change their account&#8217;s region regardless of what country they\u2019re accessing the site from.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pixiv has announced that users from the US and UK will be blocked from viewing and posting certain content to the platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":29992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,65],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-29983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-nongaming-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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