A TENNESSEE lawyer is suing Apple for allegedly making him a pornography addict after he mistakenly typed 'F***book' instead of 'Facebook' into Google and ended up on an adult website, leading to an "unwanted addiction with adverse consequences", including the failure of his marriage.
Chris Sevier, an attorney from Nashville, has filed a complaint against Apple in federal court for making devices that are able to display pornographic images, says Abovethelaw.com. The 36-year-old believes that Apple should sell all products with an pre-installed filter that blocks all pornography. Sevier argues that the images he saw when he accidentally found himself at F***book - a hook-up site for people looking for casual sex - "appealed to his biological sensibilities as a male".
The disintegration of Sevier's marriage is listed among the consequences of his ensuing pornography addiction. Alleging 'unfair competition', Sevier complained he became "totally out of synch in his romantic relationship with his wife" as a consequence. He blamed pornography for leading to his desire for young porn actresses instead of his wife, who, he points out, "was no longer 21".
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Sevier says his failed marriage caused "emotional distress to the point of hospitalisation". He added that he could not tell the difference between internet pornography and actual intercourse after viewing content accessed through Apple products, which Sevier says, "failed to provide him with warnings of the dangers of online pornography".
The 50-page, error-ridden complaint was not limited to Sevier's own suffering. The laissez-faire attitude to easy-access porn is hurting "mom-and-pop porn shops", Sevier claims, who compares the availability of pornography with the illegal downloading of illegal music and film.
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