Maybe some people like the idea of opting in to censorship, or maybe they don’t trust themselves to withstand the hypnotic pull of gay pornography. Whatever the reason, Radiant Mobile, which bills itself as “the first ever Christian mobile carrier,” launches today, and will completely ban porn from its devices for all users, no matter their age. Apparently, the company’s leadership is responding to a pornography crisis among Christians: their website calls this sexual blockade “a practical solution to a spiritual problem.” Radiant Mobile will also offer a filter for other content, such as violence, self harm, and content related to gender, which if taken at face value, would eliminate over half of the internet. Founder Paul Fisher, who previously hosted a reality TV show that tried to turn unhoused people into models, told MIT Tech Review that the company will even ban news organizations if they post too much LGBT content, as well as university webpages. The LGBT filter, though optional, will be turned on by default. To build such a warped information bubble, Radiant has partnered with Israeli cybersecurity company Allot, who will prevent banned internet material from loading on users’ devices: a tactic also used by authoritarian regimes. According to MIT Tech Review, network security experts say this “marks the first time a US cell plan has used network-level blocking for such content that can’t be turned off even by adult account owners.” To replace blocked content, Radiant Mobile will offer AI-generated Bible content made with Disney characters like Cinderella and Tinkerbell (yes, actually).
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