February 19, 2007
Canadian Company Offers Nude Photos via Cellphone
With no publicity, Telus included a new “adults only” section last month on a list of items its five million wireless customers could download from it. After passing a credit card check for proof of age, users can buy photos of naked men and women or buy one- to two-minute video clips. The New YorkTimes reports.
"Jim Johannsson, a Telus spokesman in Edmonton, Alberta, said the company decided to offer the new service after reviewing its customers’ mobile Web browsing habits. The company found, he said, that 13 of the 25 most-popular sites were what he called “adult content".
The service makes Telus the first wireless carrier in North America to sell sex-related content, and it has already been condemned by the archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, the company’s hometown."
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