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NTSS · 06-02-2005, 03:51 PM

Big business supporting cp?

I've always wondered why Yahoo allows some of this shit! This is a very interesting article.

Investigation Shows Big Business Funding Sex Chat Rooms
http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/t...66/detail.html

xXxtreme2005 · 06-02-2005, 03:53 PM

those rooms should be banned anyway

$5 submissions · 06-02-2005, 03:55 PM

I may be mistaken but wasn't it pressure like this that made MSN close their chatrooms some years back?

Nicky · 06-02-2005, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by xXxtreme2005

those rooms should be banned anyway

yep, ban em....

GatorB · 06-02-2005, 03:56 PM

"Short of changes in the law in Congress, we may be limited about what we can do in this area," U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said.

Gonzales told the station he can't use the laws now on the books to shut down Yahoo!'s child sex site.

Money talks I guess since he seemingly is going to go after ADULT porno sites.

$5 submissions · 06-02-2005, 03:57 PM

Couldn't Yahoo come up with better filters to kill those rooms?

NTSS · 06-02-2005, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by xXxtreme2005

those rooms should be banned anyway

I don't think all the rooms should be banned. But surely something has to be done about the rooms that advertise underage sex.

Shoehorn! · 06-02-2005, 04:03 PM

That pretty fucked up. Those places are the breeding grounds for the fucking pedophiles, not adult sites. The feds need to focus their attention on something more worthwhile, like chat rooms, not 2257 bullshit.

Tony Montana · 06-02-2005, 04:05 PM

They arn't supporting CP. Their customer support/service just sucks ass. It takes them weeks to do anything.

NTSS · 06-02-2005, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Shoehorn

That pretty fucked up. Those places are the breeding grounds for the fucking pedophiles, not adult sites. The feds need to focus their attention on something more worthwhile, like chat rooms, not 2257 bullshit.

I agree. You would think that something like this would be a priority in the fight against cp, but instead legit adult webmasters that are totally against this type of shit are catching all the flak.

FilthyRob · 06-02-2005, 04:14 PM

Sex chat is fun, just keep the kids out

taibo · 06-02-2005, 04:16 PM

yahoo sucks

jonesy · 06-02-2005, 04:19 PM

the goverment needs to go after AOL too

both yahoo and AOL chat rooms are the real culprits when it comes to kids being exposed to adult and cp shit.

how many more of these sick fucks that use chatrooms to meet kids have to be arrested before the goverment figures out it aint a porn site thats the problem, its AOL and Yahoo with their fucking chatrooms.

but i forgot, yahoo and AOL are listed on nasdaq and the stock exchange.

Biggy2 · 06-02-2005, 04:20 PM

10 mill is nothing to yahoo.

reynold · 06-02-2005, 08:28 PM

What about that case filed by a girl for refusing to take the picture out of the site?

Mr Pheer · 06-02-2005, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by reynold

What about that case filed by a girl for refusing to take the picture out of the site?

has nothing to do with this lawsuit

venus · 06-02-2005, 08:36 PM

I shut down my freehost because a couple of people kept posting CP on it.
Anytime you have a place people can post and they think they are anonymous they are going to be a few people posting that crap.

Spunky · 06-02-2005, 08:40 PM

10 million is peanuts to Yahoo.

NTSS · 06-02-2005, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by spunky

10 million is peanuts to Yahoo.

They stand to lose a lot more than 10 mil if the feds shut down their chat rooms. That goes for adult webmasters too.

venus · 06-02-2005, 09:42 PM

they cant shut down their chat rooms, look at the rooms on IRC .. yahoo is nothing compared to what you can get there.

having chat rooms with names like the reporter posted means nothing, you can name something anything you want. I dont think pedo's would be surfing in chat rooms with names like those because they are so obvious and you know the only 10 yr old girl you will be talking to will be a 50 yr old pot bellied fed.

After reading that site, it just shows that an idiot reporter, trying to make some drama and feed off the religious right frenzy, is just reporting on something that is nothing to try to get himself noticed.

Quote:

Originally Posted by NTSS

They stand to lose a lot more than 10 mil if the feds shut down their chat rooms. That goes for adult webmasters too.

pr0 · 06-02-2005, 09:45 PM

you can't shut down rooms, its an attack on the 1st ammendent, if people aren't following the rules you go AFTER THEM, I.E. the chatters, & leave everyone else the fuck alone

juve20 · 06-02-2005, 09:51 PM

some sick forum titles! isn't there anyway of controling them??

tony

European Lee · 06-02-2005, 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GatorB

"Short of changes in the law in Congress, we may be limited about what we can do in this area," U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said.

Gonzales told the station he can't use the laws now on the books to shut down Yahoo!'s child sex site.

Money talks I guess since he seemingly is going to go after ADULT porno sites.

But you have to admit, that woul be a great statement by Gonzales for the FSC to use to get the new 2257 regs struck down.

He just admitted the current laws do nothing to combat CP

Regards,

Lee

$5 submissions · 06-02-2005, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pr0

you can't shut down rooms, its an attack on the 1st ammendent,

Sorry to inform you... the Bill of Rights only applies to PUBLIC (read: government) action only. Private actions are exempt (with some exceptions).

See http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/proj...tateaction.htm

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As a general rule, the owner of private property is free to restrict expressive activitites of others on the property. You are under no First Amendment obligation to admit people into your living room and then listen to them blow off about any topic of their choice. Similarly, an owner of a restaurant has no duty to allow persons who dislike the food she serves into the restaurant so the person can annoy customers or discourage others from eating there.

pr0 · 06-02-2005, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by juve20

some sick forum titles! isn't there anyway of controling them??

tony

yea its called cops....who can just be like yo, chatrooms closed, your talking about weed

so in order to prosecute these sick depraved individuals who need to be shot, we, the general public suffer

so its a catch 22, & its not one the 1st ammendment should have to take, on acount of people whos thing is a dog or mental patient with whips & chains

we are the normal mass majority, so we have to suffer for the actions of idiots? its a free service, how is yahoo supposed to police? other than ad revenue which keeps the service up......which by the way, is now known in the ad circles as "hands off"

i think they intend to shut down free chats altogether, control freedom of speech.

adonthenet · 06-02-2005, 10:02 PM

thats fuckedup

Mr.Right - Banned For Life · 06-02-2005, 10:10 PM

So they should be banned, those chat rooms have been i n Yahoo for so long, it is about time someone has done something about it, i tried to tell a few people about it a few years ago, people in positions of power and no one listened to me,

They should have been banned years ago.

Batts

$5 submissions · 06-02-2005, 10:20 PM

It's so easy for Yahoo to fix. Just don't allow users to create rooms. All users can just go to Yahoo's 'official' rooms.

pr0 · 06-02-2005, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by $5 submissions

Sorry to inform you... the Bill of Rights only applies to PUBLIC (read: government) action only. Private actions are exempt (with some exceptions).

See http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/proj...tateaction.htm

Quote:
As a general rule, the owner of private property is free to restrict expressive activitites of others on the property. You are under no First Amendment obligation to admit people into your living room and then listen to them blow off about any topic of their choice. Similarly, an owner of a restaurant has no duty to allow persons who dislike the food she serves into the restaurant so the person can annoy customers or discourage others from eating there.

Whatever man, this decency campaign is out of control. And why wouldn't the 1st protect speech in private? O well i guess i live in china, fuck it

pr0 · 06-02-2005, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by $5 submissions

It's so easy for Yahoo to fix. Just don't allow users to create rooms. All users can just go to Yahoo's 'official' rooms.

And pay people to control the content, no trading boob pics.

If you wanna trade boob pics now, you gotta go drive to your buddys house, & print them out

Walrus · 06-02-2005, 10:23 PM

I've seen similar shit like this on AOL's Member created chat rooms. How are you going to stop that? Those kind of people get pretty creative...

tradermcduck · 06-02-2005, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pr0

And pay people to control the content, no trading boob pics.

If you wanna trade boob pics now, you gotta go drive to your buddys house, & print them out

I have a cool big boob pic - wanna trade

iwantchixx · 06-02-2005, 10:59 PM

So it's yahoo that is suporting these? suuuure. Cripes people are dumb., USERS create any room they want, in any category they want! So long as someone is in it after it's created, the room appears in the "users rooms" list. Sure, yahoo may come in periodically aftera complaint to shut down offending subjective rooms but the second they are closed, someone recreates it, BAM. Room stille xists. The only way to combat this is to stop the ability to create rooms or have someone searching every user created room in every category all day long looking for offending subject matter. Which in all honnesty, they really should be doing.

Fuck, they make it sound like yahoo created the rooms.

$5 submissions · 06-02-2005, 11:22 PM

I'm surprised Fox News hasn't been all over this story yet. It's just their kind of tabloid hysterical news... Sheeeeesh.

smack · 06-02-2005, 11:23 PM

yahoo is the cesspool of the internet.

blazi · 06-02-2005, 11:30 PM

this is gonna be big indeed! Yahoo can afford it though!

iwantchixx · 06-02-2005, 11:41 PM

I'm addicted to mr noodles

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jonesy Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,688	the goverment needs to go after AOL too both yahoo and AOL chat rooms are the real culprits when it comes to kids being exposed to adult and cp shit. how many more of these sick fucks that use chatrooms to meet kids have to be arrested before the goverment figures out it aint a porn site thats the problem, its AOL and Yahoo with their fucking chatrooms. but i forgot, yahoo and AOL are listed on nasdaq and the stock exchange. __________________ . Shooting Bikini Girls

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Mr.Right - Banned For Life I guarantee it Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 18,314	So they should be banned, those chat rooms have been i n Yahoo for so long, it is about time someone has done something about it, i tried to tell a few people about it a few years ago, people in positions of power and no one listened to me, They should have been banned years ago. Batts

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$5 submissions I help you SUCCEED Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Pearl of the Orient Seas Posts: 32,195	It's so easy for Yahoo to fix. Just don't allow users to create rooms. All users can just go to Yahoo's 'official' rooms. __________________ Need a NON-ADULT income stream? We build your YOUTUBE CHANNEL for only $20 per video! For Hire: $3/hour or $400 per month Marketing Specialist Virtual Assistants

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Walrus Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 2,150	I've seen similar shit like this on AOL's Member created chat rooms. How are you going to stop that? Those kind of people get pretty creative...

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iwantchixx Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Boonies Posts: 12,860	So it's yahoo that is suporting these? suuuure. Cripes people are dumb., USERS create any room they want, in any category they want! So long as someone is in it after it's created, the room appears in the "users rooms" list. Sure, yahoo may come in periodically aftera complaint to shut down offending subjective rooms but the second they are closed, someone recreates it, BAM. Room stille xists. The only way to combat this is to stop the ability to create rooms or have someone searching every user created room in every category all day long looking for offending subject matter. Which in all honnesty, they really should be doing. Fuck, they make it sound like yahoo created the rooms.

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$5 submissions I help you SUCCEED Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Pearl of the Orient Seas Posts: 32,195	I'm surprised Fox News hasn't been all over this story yet. It's just their kind of tabloid hysterical news... Sheeeeesh. __________________ Need a NON-ADULT income stream? We build your YOUTUBE CHANNEL for only $20 per video! For Hire: $3/hour or $400 per month Marketing Specialist Virtual Assistants

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