New Mobile Network Aimed At Christians Promises To Protect Children
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A faith focused mobile network is launching in the U S, aimed at Christians.
Radiant Mobile promises to block harmful content, including explicit adult sites and websites relating to self-harm and drugs.
Somewhat controversially, LGBTQ issues also fall under its blockable categories, but can be permitted with parental controls. This can include the webpages of certain universities, with Yale University’s LGBTQ page being categorised as “sexuality” content.
To fill the gap left by all the sites being blocked, the company intends to offer access to a library of religious content, including AI-generated Bible videos. This is aimed at replacing doom scrolling. Some of these will feature popular characters like Cinderella and Tinker Bell, with Radiant having sought permission from Elf Labs, which holds the copyright to dozens of fairy tale characters.
Radiant’s founder, Paul Fisher told MIT Technology Review that the idea for a Christian network felt divinely inspired late one night.
Fisher says he’s recruited a mix of Christian influencers to advertise the plan and has also done outreach to thousands of churches around the country, offering a way to have Radiant donate a portion of congregants’ 30 dollars per month subscription fee to their church.