Microsoft Hates Lesbians

[Bitmap Frogs]

ssj12 said:

Bitmap Frogs said:

No it's not and you can skip the doom and gloom. It's happened several times already and Microsoft; if there was a case it'd be on the courts already. Because their ToS doesn't allow any kind of sexual reference, there's no discrimination involved from Microsoft. The discrimination comes from users, who are selective about what to report or not.

By the way, I'd like you to point me where it is written that you are allowed to state your sexual orientation (wether heterosexual or homosexual) within the context of online services.

Oh, Sony has a similar clause on their TOS. I wonder what would happen if a muslim living in Saudi Arabia reported a PSN profile making explicit the homosexual orientation of the user. It'd place Sony in a very difficult position. Either they deem it offensive or PSN could be declared illegal in a good chunk of the world.

MS TOS

Create a Gamertag , avatar or use text in other profile fields that may offend other members.  This includes comments that look, sound like, stand for, hint at, abbreviate, or insinuate or relate to any of the following: profane words/phrases, topics or content of a sexual nature, hate speech (including but not limited to racial, ethnic, or religious slurs), illegal drugs/controlled substances, or illegal activities.

SONY TOS

You may not take any action, or upload, post, stream, or otherwise transmit any content, language, images or sounds in any forum, communication, public profile, or other publicly viewable areas or in the creation of any Online ID that SCEA, in its sole discretion, finds offensive, hateful, or vulgar.  This includes but is not limited to, any content or communication that SCEA in its sole discretion deems racially, ethnically, religiously, or sexually offensive, libelous, defaming, threatening, bullying or stalking.

 

 

Actually if you read both of those you will notice some extreme differences. Microsoft's is way more harsh. Sony just doesnt want any comments or imagery that reveal or try to recruit people into one idea. Sony's doesnt ban the mentioning of preference while Microsoft's does.

 

Which means Microsoft doesn't discriminate anyone (as the post I just quoted says, they banned someone for writing "heterosexual" in their profile) so there's no liability.

Meanwhile, SCEA TOS states SCEA decides what is offensive and what not, which means in case something like this would happen they are either homophobes (for considerating lesbianism offensive) or lose a chunk of customers around the world and get banned in several countries.

By the way, I am still waiting on you to bring proof that you are given the right to state your sexual orientation within the context of an online service operated by a private corporation.

At this point you are just grasping at straws to keep grinding that axe of yours.