JFL "Axe ‘looksmaxxing’ game on Amazon platform, politicians demand / Omoggle has been accused of using the language of incel groups"

[Oneitiscel]

https://archive.is/eDqEw

Politicians and campaigners have called for a viral online “looksmaxxing” game to be removed from a video platform owned by Amazon.
Omoggle pits two people against each other based on their looks. Users are randomly matched with an opponent on a video call where their faces are scanned and then given a score that rates their supposed attractiveness. The winner is the person with the highest score, who has “mogged” — outdone — their opponent.

Omoggle says it is for over-18s but does not have an age verification system. Some users have said on Reddit that they have encountered “little kids” on the platform and have faced racial abuse while playing.
Emily Darlington, a Labour MP who sits on the science, innovation and technology select committee, said: “This website opens children and young people to humiliation on a global scale. It is hard enough growing up these days. Omoggle’s very purpose is to reduce you to your looks and create a platform to critique.
“It is not by chance that it uses the language of the incel community which regularly tears down and abuses women. It normalises cruelty and promotes bullying as a form of entertainment. There also seems to be no safeguards for grooming or exposure to explicit content."

Dr Helena Lewis-Smith, a professor of appearance psychology at the Centre for Appearance Research in Bristol, said: “Omoggle is built around repeated appearance-based social comparison, which is one of the most well-evidenced drivers of body image concerns."

“What is most concerning is the absence of any barriers to access. No account is required, there is no age verification, and the platform now carries the explicit endorsement of one of the world’s largest streaming services. This is not a harmless trend — it is the normalisation of appearance based judgment at scale.”

Andy Burrows, the chief executive of Molly Rose Foundation, said: “It’s alarming that this trend which stemmed from incel sites and can fuel body image and mental health concerns is being facilitated by Twitch, while also allowing random connection with strangers that can have severe implications for young people."

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The one time where I can sort of share the same perspective as the glowniggers regarding censorship of looksmax crap. Youngshits should be shunned from adapting into our spaces & lingo. They are annoying larpers making a mockery out of the members & forum's intended existence by devaluing the KHHV identity to that as an emo aesthetic!

 

[XtremeMax]

of course this article is from the UK

 

[Antorian]

UK is dystopian as fuck.

 

[SubhumanOldcel]

UK what classic.

 

[Pancakecel]

https://archive.is/eDqEw

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The one time where I can sort of share the same perspective as the glowniggers regarding censorship of looksmax crap. Youngshits should be shunned from adapting into our spaces & lingo. They are annoying larpers making a mockery out of the members & forum's intended existence by devaluing the KHHV identity to that as an emo aesthetic!