Twitter raises Vine’s age rating to 17+ following porn problems

February 6, 2013 6:33 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Twitter-owned video sharing application Vine has raised its age rating from 12+ to 17+ following controversy surrounding pornographic clips shared widely on the service.

Viddy CEO canned for losing cred to Vine, reportedly turning down huge Twitter offer

February 5, 2013 9:35 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Viddy CEO and cofounder Brett O'Brien has been ousted from his role as head of the company after losing much of its buzz to Twitter-owned Vine and reportedly turning down an insane buyout offer from Twitter.

After controversy, Vine makes porn harder to find

January 28, 2013 2:01 PM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Vine is taking steps to curb access to porn after it attracted a lot of unwanted criticism this morning for placing a hardcore porn video at the top of every user's feed.