If you have a Netflix account streaming through your xbox 360 and scroll to new releases, hardcore porn will pop up. That is totally unexceptable. Porn should have its own "adult" category at the very least and possibly be blocked so children using the xbox360 cannot view it next to their Disney movies in the new release category.
Imagine how surprised I was when I turned on my xbox 360 Netflix streaming application this morning and scrolled to the "New Arrivals: Movies" section and viewed the first three titles with the images from the DVD covers - 1. Disney's Bedtime Stories 2. Bare Behind Bars X Rated 3. The 18 Year Old Virgin, Barely Legal Unrated
I called Netflix and spoke to Joe, a customer service rep who apologized but said that since the pornography was a new release, it shows up under new releases. I reminded Joe that I have parental controls set to block Rated R movies on my xbox (not on my netflix, I didn't know that was available) but that my xbox blocked all netflix rated R movies on its own. He said yes my xbox can block rated R movies but these movies were unrated and therefore weren't blocked. As a "courtesy" Joe was nice enough to change my netflix user settings to disallow porn so now my children won't see it pop up next to Disney's bedtime stories.
I called every news channel on earth this morning. We'll see what happens.
Imagine how surprised I was when I turned on my xbox 360 Netflix streaming application this morning and scrolled to the "New Arrivals: Movies" section and viewed the first three titles with the images from the DVD covers - 1. Disney's Bedtime Stories 2. Bare Behind Bars X Rated 3. The 18 Year Old Virgin, Barely Legal Unrated
I called Netflix and spoke to Joe, a customer service rep who apologized but said that since the pornography was a new release, it shows up under new releases. I reminded Joe that I have parental controls set to block Rated R movies on my xbox (not on my netflix, I didn't know that was available) but that my xbox blocked all netflix rated R movies on its own. He said yes my xbox can block rated R movies but these movies were unrated and therefore weren't blocked. As a "courtesy" Joe was nice enough to change my netflix user settings to disallow porn so now my children won't see it pop up next to Disney's bedtime stories.
I called every news channel on earth this morning. We'll see what happens.
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In the same area you went to block by movie rating (System Settings - Family Settings - Console Controls - Video Ratings), you can choose to block unrated video. Do this, and unrated (NR-nonrated) videos will be blocked alongside the R ones you already blocked.