Citi Field is normally home to the Mets , but yesterday the stadium was filled by over 40,000 Orthodox Jews — who assemble to discuss the dangers of the cyberspace .
The crew — entirely male , in accordance with the ultra - Greek Orthodox custom of part the sexual practice — were there to get a line about likely trouble that can stem from access to pornography and other expressed content on the uncensored web . TheNew York Times reports :
“ Inside the arena , a dais was set up by the back wall of center field , where rabbis led the packed arena in even prayers and extend heated exhortations to avoid the “ filth ” that can be get hold on the net . English translations of the address appeared on a jumbo digital CRT screen , beneath an enormous “ countenance ’s Go Mets ! ” signaling …
“ Those in attendance were handed fliers that advertise services like a “ kosher GPS App ” for iPhone and Android phones , which assist users locate synagogues and kosher restaurants . ”
Inan clause on the NY Post , Eytan Kobre , a representative for the event , explain that problem with pornography on the internet have “ extend to epidemic proportions ” and as a result are “ eat away the framework of club . ”
Interestingly , the event was funded by “ a rabbinical group , Ichud Hakehillos Letohar Hamachane , that is linked to a software company which sells Internet filter software to Orthodox Jews”,reports the NYT .
The average Mets attendance of late times has barely scrap 20,000 . This dissent was a sell - out , filling the 40,000 capacitance sports stadium . In fact , The Verge indicate out thatthe organizers even had to take Arthur Ashe Stadium nearby , which has 20,000 seats , to conciliate extras .
last , Kotaku also hasan interesting gallery of imagesfrom the consequence if you want to see what it was like . [ New York Times , The Verge ]
https://kotaku.com/40-000-orthodox-jews-fill-new-york-stadium-for-internet-5911877
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