Gigs Shrugged

In an unsurprising move, Linden Lab, the makers of Second Life, continued their slide toward Disney-like fasism, this time removing virtual skin vending machines that demonstrated child avatar skins, complete with baked-in underwear.  This is stuff no worse than anyone can see in real life at a public beach.

This is apparently a policy change, as it was enforced against two separate sellers of non-sexual child avatar skins, and was reviewed under appeal and upheld.  The policy cited was:

“Real-life images, avatar portrayals, and other depictions of
sexual or lewd acts involving or appearing to involve
children or minors are never allowed within Second Life.”

I do wonder about the Lindens involved, if they consider a skin texture vending machine a sexual act.  Maybe they should seek treatment for this fetish for virtual vending machines.

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