Research · MIT Technology Review
A new US phone network for Christians aims to block porn and gender-related content
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A new US-wide cell phone network marketed to Christians is set to launch next week.
Key facts
- We are going to create—and we think we have every right to do so—an environment that is Jesus-centric, that is void of pornography, void of LGBT, void of trans,” Radiant Mobile’s founder, Paul
- Fisher says the company has received $17.5 million in investment from Compax Ventures, part of the company serving as the technical middleman between Radiant and T-Mobile
- According to Stanford’s 2026 AI Index, AI is sprinting, and they're struggling to keep up
- Blocking in the network is certainly not new,” says David Choffnes, a computer science professor and executive director of Northeastern University’s Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute
Summary
The network, which is currently being tested ahead of its May 5 launch date, will be run by Radiant Mobile, a newly launched mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). “We are going to create—and we think we have every right to do so—an environment that is Jesus-centric, that is void of pornography, void of LGBT, void of trans,” Radiant Mobile’s founder, Paul Fisher, told MIT Technology Review. Fisher says he’s recruited a mix of Christian influencers to advertise the plan and has also done outreach to thousands of churches around the country, offering a way to have Radiant donate a portion of congregants’ $30-per-month subscription fee to their church. At least one piece of Radiant’s pitch will sound familiar: the idea that the internet is awash in toxic sludge.