--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > What consent degree? > > > > > > Perhaps consent decree was the wrong term. There was an agreement > > > Yahoo made --apparently with Spitzer -- perhaps others, regarding > > > chat rooms, > > > > OK, I had a quick look at your links; I remember > > reading about this now. > > > > > perhaps "Groups" were included > > > > I kind of doubt "Groups" were included. At least, > > it would seem that making a group suspected of > > discussing "adult" material inaccessible to the > > general public is not the best way of handling > > the situation--if it isn't accessible except by > > invitation, all kinds of things could go on there > > without interference. At least if the public can > > read it, anything that looks as though it might > > facilitate child predation has a chance of being > > reported. > > > > It was the *privacy* of the chat rooms that was > > the problem. > > > Well the mo of many, across the spectrum of nice people and pervs, in > many chat rooms, not just teen adult ones, is to engage in some group > convo, then, privately IM people of interest and side chat with them > privately. The same approach could and does happen in some groups as > well as chat rooms. I think the purpose of the yahoo agreement was to > create a chinese wall, an inpenetrable firewall, between teens and > adults. Good for the problem raised, not so good in terms of > increasing communications and understanding between generations.
And the thing is, a lot of kids go to adult age chat rooms (not necessarily with xxx adult material" by lying on the "age" entry on their profile about their age to gain access to where "adults" hang out. Its funny, because on the text part of their profiles they will sometimes say things like "I am really 17, but I lied above to get around yahoos stupid rules that try to keep me in the teen ghetto." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Need Help? Get Help! Tools and Strategies for Healthy Drug-Free Living</a>. http://us.click.yahoo.com/wI.OUB/dbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
