🚀 go-pugleaf

john@iastate.edu (John Hascall) writes:

>betsys@cs.umb.edu (Elizabeth Schwartz) writes:
>} ...
>}  We carry all the pictures groups, and we wish to continue to carry
>}them, but what ABOUT child pornography? I really don't want us to be a
>}passive distributor of this stuff. I am getting complaints from *fans*
>}of the group that some postings are going too far. 

>How about this amazingly radical concept...

>  If something is illegal for your site, you delete it from your site.

>John
>-- 
This attitude is _precisely_ why some sites ban a whole newsgroup, or set of 
newsgroups, even if only a few postings are illegal. They do not have the
time or the wish to be a censor (selection of individual messages), but
could face serious fines or even imprisonment.
AIUI possession of child pornography is an absolute offence in UK law -
unknowing possession is still an offence. (Perhaps an English lawyer
could correct me if I am wrong)

Andy

Andy Holt // City University // London // England