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Microsoft Quickly Revises "Sexting" Ad For Kin Phone
theodp writes "Microsoft's Kin mobile phone project came under fire as Consumer Reports and others pointed out that a promotional video looked like an inappropriate endorsement of 'sexting,' prompting a quick edit and an apologetic tweet. 'The video,' observed Consumer Reports, 'includes a downright creepy sequence [beginning around 0:33] in which a young man is shown putting a Kin under his shirt and apparently snapping a picture of one of his naked breasts. The breast is then shown on the phone's screen, just before the guy apparently sends it to someone. Next we see the face of a young woman, seemingly the recipient, with an amused expression...'"
The "Kin Spot" is a myth, an urban legend.
Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. -John Lennon
I don't think it was pulled because it was a man's breast, but rather because the people involved were of questionable age, and it promotes the idea of sexting in general, which has some ugly legal connotations as well when combined with youth/teens. We all know too well that the law has been twisted to actually prosecute teenagers who sext. I can understand their reasoning for pulling it.