[Infowarrior] - FW: [IP] Yahoo to Eliminate 'Adult' Profiles

[Richard Forno]

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From: Jeff Schult [jss at tftb.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 6:11 PM
To: David Farber
Subject: Yahoo to Eliminate 'Adult' Profiles

I got an e-mail from Yahoo today telling me that the company is eliminating
"adult profiles" for members as of April 9.

Obviously, this affects a vast number of people who make their living taking
off their clothes in front of webcams, other exhibitionists and those who
care about or even love them. Yahoo says in the e-mail that it is
eliminating the whole category of 'adult' profiles, and will delete, on
April 9, all photos on adult profiles. The implication is that the profiles
will otherwise remain intact.

However, Yahoo says nothing in the email about the implication of its action
for Yahoo Groups -- a very large number require a Yahoo adult profile as a
condition to join. This includes a multitude of pornography groups, yes. But
in my experience it also includes a significant number of groups that are
forums for discussing such things as plastic surgery, or breast cancer, etc.
-- groups to which "adult" images are posted.

So it appears, at first glance, to be a step with more implications than
just eradicating a community of pornophiles ... I realize that not all would
find *that* alarming enough.

Discussed at:

http://www.jeffschult.com/blog/?p=70

-jeff