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Re: What about child pornography?

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From: Elizabeth Schwartz
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 00:37
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In my case, I feel literally in the middle because we DO feed some
sites, and some of my users HAVE complained about child pornography in
the alt.binaries.pictures.groups. We're not doing anything about it
but it makes me really uncomfortable. As the previous posters have
pointed out, we have no ability to screen EVERY message...screening
message would only have some effect if a lot of sites did it.
  Of course, there will always be some site which dumps material, if
only to test the limits or to prove that they can. However, it doesn't
seem right to be told about the child pornography and just ignore it. 
  We definitely want to keep the binaries groups...they are popular
and may help ""sell" the service. I can't work up much enthusiasm for
defending the groups if they are going to contain child pornography
though. I know, there's a problem determining what is pornography, and
whether pictures used real children or were altered or faked.
Still...I wish the stuff wasn't here
  ...still wondering....
Betsy
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Subject: Re: What about child pornography?
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