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liberator.net wrote:
>You are not responding to the points, as usual.  Who monitors the sysops?
Why aren't the sysops required to get screened?  Is the public aware that
CompuServe allows TOTAL STRANGERS to safeguard their children?  CompuServe
dropped the ball on this one.<

Dave responded:
<<At least all CS sysops are *accountable* with names and addresses
available to CS.>>

But if CompuServe doesn't run a background check on these people and their
names to even verify the identities, these people who "safeguard" youngsters
can easily be childmolestors.  Recording fake names is absolutely no measure
for protecting CompuServe children.  Admit it.

My point is that there is no area on the Internet that is more safe than any
other, as far as protecting children goes.  This is a no-brainer Dave.
CompuServe can pretend all it likes but it isn't anymore family orientated
than any other service.  Admit it.

Liberator wrote:
>Usually, volunteers are not allowed to perform critical/sensitive
functions.  However, CompuServe lets STRANGERS monitor children.  That's a
BIG problem.<

Dave responds:
<<All moderated newsgroups (whioch you seem to claim are as good as CS
forums) rely on *volunteers.* Period. No one is in charge over them.>>

That's my point Dave; CompuServe isn't providing better child-safety
measures, although it creates the ILLUSION that it does.

<<There have been zero cases where a CS sysop in any of my areas has been a
problem at all...>>

CompuServe, owned by AOL, has deep pockets.  Can you say, 'out-of-court
settlements'?

<<They are not "STRANGERS" ...>>

These STRANGERS provide personal information.  Is the information checked by
CompuServe?

<<This has absolutely nothing to do with your claim that, as a sysop, I must
have a CompuServe "supervisor.">>

Dave, volunteers who provide critical services, such as handle child-safety
measures, need to be screened by CompuServe and be supervised, else these
STRANGERS can be doing who knows what with children on the Internet!
CompuServe dropped the ball on another issue.

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