Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Man sues Apple for pronography addiction

Apple once again has been in the square of court. California based device maker, Apple has been sued by Chris Sevier, a 36-year-old man from Tennessee, whose porn addiction made his wife leave him along with his children. Chris has filed a case in the court of law claiming that Apple led to addiction to pornographic content as the company failed to install any system that could stop or even avoid access to pornographic content. Chris Sevier in his complaint against Apple claims that his addiction started when he accidentally stumbled upon adult content website F**KBOOK while trying to access FACEBOOK through his Apple device. The addiction over time got so severe that he started paying more attention to internet based content rather than his personal life. The case also includes that Apple should have sold devices with a safe mode that could potentially prevent access to pornographic or adult content as it could also be a potential risk for children as well. Also the plaintiff did mention in the complaint that "Apple is supporting criminal activity”. While the case has been filed the devices are not to be blamed as they are designed to do what the users want and that is what companies try to offer with its various products. Now how the court will answer to this plea is still to be seen. Former attorney Chris Sevier, in a 50 page complaint, filed mid-June, claimed that since the tech giant is concerned with the welfare of US' children, while furthering pro-US values, it should sell its devices in 'safe mode,' with software preset to filter out adult content, The complaint says that his problem started after he tried to visit 'Facebook.com,' but by mistake wrote 'F**kbook.com,' a porn site, which appealed to his biological sensibilities and led to an unwanted addiction. Later, in a section, Sevier accused Apple of enabling unfair competition between porn stars and his wife; he became totally out of sync in his relationship with his wife, as a consequence of his use of Apple product.  He said that he began desiring, younger and more beautiful girls that were featured in porn videos than his wife, who was no longer 21, he asserted that he could no longer tell the difference between internet porn and tangible intercourse due to the content he was able to access through the Apple products.

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