After Its Porn Problem, Twitter-Owned Vine Adds 17+ Age Rating To Video Sharing App

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Vine, the Twitter-owned video sharing iOS app which lets users knit together snippets of video to create six second loops, has had its user age rating increased to 17+. The increase was bundled in a v1.0.5 app update which requires users to confirm they are “at least 17 years old” before the download begins, and warns of “frequent/intense sexual content or nudity”, among other warnings of “infrequent” drugs, alcohol, tobacco, horror/fear themes, profanity/crude humor and realistic violence, to name a few.

The change was spotted earlier by the Verge which noted that Vine previously had a 12+ rating on the app (also related: late last month Vine started censoring searches to try to weed out pornographic terms). In addition to the age increase, the v1.0.5 update adds the ability to report or block a profile. A message in the update’s ‘What’s new’ section adds: “We’re listening: please reach out to us at feedback@vineapp.com with any issues or suggestions.”