UploadVR reports that Meta is working to expand the types of virtual world content allowed to be produced for Horizon Worlds. Compared to the old policy seen on Time Machine in April, the recent update has allowed creators to offer “Mature” content previously banned by Horizon Worlds.
(via UploadVR)
Horizon Worlds creators have reportedly received an email reminding them that they must manually rate their content or be listed as 18+ by default.
The old Meta policy page explicitly disallowed Horizon Worlds creators from listing visual content that contained sexual references, depictions of controlled substances or activities such as marijuana and alcohol, and visual content of a violent nature.
Meta used to only allow Horizon Worlds to host “young and old” content
But now, it seems that by flagging it as “needing to meet the 18+ age requirement for a mature mind”, the content has a chance to pass Horizon Worlds’ platform review.
Of course, the Mature rating doesn’t mean that everything is off-limits. For example, while “sexually explicit” content is allowed, “near-nudity and overly suggestive” content, as well as “nudity and depictions of explicit locations” will always be rejected.
Second, controlled substances and violent acts — such as the promotion of addictive substances like marijuana, alcohol, and tobacco abuse, gambling activities, and content that is too bloody and violent — are still not allowed on the Horizon Worlds platform.
Finally, the public and creators still feel some ambiguity about the platform’s red line boundaries because the current version of the policy is not well described. Not to mention that the lifting of the ban in a few regions (like Flyleaf) does not mean that it is allowed by default in all states across the US.
