thaneofcawddor

The Avenue Q song specifically says "Internet," not Outernet, so no need to be redundant. In all seriousness, we would not broadcast porn despite the demand. Voting is a very useful and important tool, but there are overarching guidelines within which that system works. I highly voted death threat or call for organized violence would similarly be rejected. Any piece of content must fulfill one of Outernet's Content Goals. The alienation of users that would occur from broadcasting something like porn would not be worth it - people would stop coming in the entire library simply because we carry a few objectionable things. This may happen with other controversial material, but I think we can agree that porn is not the material worth digging in over. However, things like the Kama Sutra and sexual education material would be eligible for broadcast.

Not mean at all. We hear this concern a lot, but you have to remember that in every other broadcast medium there is editorial oversight because of limited bandwidth (whether airtime or column inches). The reason is quality - we want to make sure that the Core Archive and other curated material is the best. We plan to be very transparent in our decision making process and leaving much of the content selection to our community.

We think every human on Earth has the right to free, uncensored information, so yes.

We currently do not broadcast in Asia, so that would be the first step. That will happen as we grow. Specifically regarding NK, I can tell you that we are exploring means to distribute hardware. However, the risk for a user in that country is extremely high. We hope to see a situation there (and many places) where receivers are made locally rather than bought from us. We sell receivers now as a revenue stream and to seed the market, but early on we decided to make the system open (not require Outernet hardware or any purchase from us). That is the only way to achieve maximum global reception of info.

So far we have received nothing but support from governments for providing a service that they recognize is of real value to their citizens. We expect backlash eventually, but we are operating within the law.