-Caveat Lector-
[This is what Yahoo gets for caving in to pressure earlier this year. Now
anti-porn groups can come back every week (Patrick has sent me at least two
very similar press releases recently), identify discussion groups that are
purportedly offensive, and compel Yahoo to take action. Since discussion
areas can be created without human intervention, it's an infinite loop. And
even if Patrick is successful, he'll merely succeed in driving the
participants back to Usenet. Finally, if child porn exists, that's one
thing -- but fantasies that Patrick finds distasteful are still protected
by the First Amendment and perhaps even Yahoo's terms of service. --Declan]
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From: "ptrueman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Declan McCullagh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Yahoo porn
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 21:14:40 -0400
AMERICAN
FAMILY
ASSOCIATION ____________________________________
Washington,
D.C. Office
PRESS RELEASE
Contact:
Patrick Trueman
(202)
544-0061
For Immediate Release July 10, 2001
YAHOO! STILL HAS RAPE, ORGY, CHILD PORN CLUBS OPEN TO ALL
AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOC. SAYS
"Yahoo!'s "Rape Stories Fantasy" Club should be shut down immediately,"
said Patrick Trueman of American Family Association. The club contains
photos titled "Raped" and "Group Rape" showing scared-looking, naked women
handcuffed, bound, held down and raped. The club is described on Yahoo! as
"a great place to exchange rape stories and fantasies." Here is a portion
of one story:" I stand in the bushes and watch you fumble with you keys…
You should know better than to not have them ready when you go into the
house" … I throw your lifeless body over my shoulder and carry you into
the house. I tie your four limbs securely to the bed. I grab my knife…
"Why do Yahoo! executives encourage such despicable material by providing
resources to the perverted people who enjoy the thought of raping women, "
asked Trueman. Yahoo! also has many orgy clubs including teen orgy clubs,
complete with group sex photos, solicitations for new members and dates and
locations of upcoming orgies.
Child pornography can still be found on Yahoo! "It appears that Yahoo! is
providing free space in its clubs and GeoCities sites for many for-profit
child pornography web sites", said Trueman. Pictures of children in
sexually explicit poses are provided in some and all have links to sites
outside of Yahoo! that offer child pornography.
"Yahoo! must choose whether it wants to be a family friendly business or
not", Trueman said. "If it does, it should eliminate all pornographic
clubs and GeoCities sites on its servers. Yahoo!'s current policy
encourages users to post every variety of pornography, including photos of
rape, orgy and child pornography, he added.
"Yahoo! should not be allowed to profit from the sexual exploitation of
children and women." Trueman said. "It is not only offensive but it is
often illegal," he added. He is AFA's director of governmental affairs,
and was chief of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Criminal
Division, U.S. Department of Justice, from 1988 to 1992. AFA has written
to Attorney General Ashcroft to ask that Yahoo! be prosecuted for child
pornography and obscenity violations.
227 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E., Suite
302, Washington, D.C. 20002
(202) 544-0061, fax (202) 544-0504
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