matrix-org / matrix-org/matrix-spec

Add a new state event to describe the room content

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Description

**Suggestion**
iOS Element application submission to the app store has been rejected since we do not filter out room with explicit contents from the room directory.
A small workaround has been implemented: https://github.com/vector-im/element-ios/pull/4093 and also on Element Android: https://github.com/vector-im/element-android/pull/2975.

But is is far from ideal. For instance, it also filters out the room #blenderunofficial:matrix.org, because its topic contains "No NSFW media".

A better solution would be to add a new state event to each room describing the content.

For instance:

```json
{
"type": "m.room.content",
"content": {
"content-rating": 18
}
}
```

This `content-rating` value should also be a new parameter for request https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.6.1#get-matrix-client-r0-publicrooms, for example `max_content_rating`, and be part of `PublicRoomsChunk` in the response to let the app do a better filtering of the result, and even explicitly advertise rooms with explicit content.

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Research direction

Start by reading the linked Matrix client-server specification section for get-public-rooms and compare the referenced Element iOS and Android pull requests. The issue is done only when the state event, content-rating parameter, and PublicRoomsChunk representation have an agreed specification design and corresponding spec updates.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
api, distributed-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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