Freedom From Porn

'interface artist' delivers cheeky iPad advertising intervention....

2nd June, 2010

The internet is regularly buzzing with dissent surrounding Apple’s worrying control over their App Store and the Apps found within it, Steve Jobs’ deceleration that the iPad will offer “freedom from porn” has sent such concerns into overdrive – not least over at Gawker, where blogger Ryan Tate proclaims that “there’s something absurdly Orwellian about Jobs’ line that the iPad provides “freedom from porn.” It’s a statement I suspect will haunt him.”

One such haunting may well be this ‘ad-busting’ in Berlin’s Mitte district, courtesy of interface artist, Johannes P Osterhoff. Capitalising on the absurdity of Jobs’ comments, Osterhoff booked himself some ad space on the subway at Rosenthaler Platz and demonstrated for all of us just how ludicrous the assumption that the internet’s biggest draw could somehow be eradicated from Apple’s new game changing device……

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