Sony 𒀰wants to wash your mouth out with soap -🎉 at least, on Twitter.
Users have uncovered that the PS5's share functionality houses an int♍eꦅrnal profanity filter, and . Furthermore, some have found that the filter doesn't always work as intended - .
What'🍒s s𒉰trange is that , and from the look of it, can't be turned off. At least, that's what I found from my own investigation, where I took these pictures:
Again - I couldn't find any way to disable this in the PS5's 🌊settings. Sony hasn't made any indication that this functiona🗹lity is in every single unit.
It's a strange move from the company,☂ to say the very least, and sets an alarming precedent going forward. The censorship of discriminatory epithets is one thing, but cracking down on everyday profanity is entirely different. These are words that people use in casual conversation, not taboo terms or sayings that hurt anyone.
Furthermore, the ethicality of this practice really comes into question. There's something insidious about a privately owned platform holder applying this filter when sharing to another corporation's privately owned platform. It's especially strange when taking in♏to account that Twitter doesn't actually censor these woജrds on there.
In essence, Sony is telling players how to play by their interpretation of somebody else's playbook, as opposed to the actual rules and regulations of another platform. It's curating the way consumers, who spent $500 (at least) on one of these things, use the platform to an 🅰alarming degree.
We'll be reaching out to Sony for comment.