Well, (and setting aside that these companies are global - but run by parochial USians) surely that’s just the American way:
- Violence? Sure - as much as you want. Here, have a gun or three. Teach your toddlers. Dead bodies on the news at nine.
- An accidental nipple for a split-second at half time in a football match? Cue mass hysteria and hand-wringing that a teenager might have seen it.
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Completely correct. Like I said above - they only care when it threatens to become bad PR.
I am cynical about the latest noises in the UK (more ‘we must be SEEN to be doing something and taking it seriously’ rather than any actual urgent action) but I suppose it is possible we are at or near a tipping point, when government ministers start actively talking about legislation. But they’ve been talking for a while. I certainly hope something comes of it now, but any tipping that happens always takes a lot longer than one might hope, and tips a lot less further than is needed. Here’s hoping.
