Nude avatars, or avatars engaged in sexual activity. Ive been reporting them, and not answering the questions, but just want them, and everyone else to know:
Putting those kind of things, on a site like this, that children can axcess, is illegal, a federal offense, a felony charge, and can be considered, in some states, mine inculded, considered an offence that will put you on the sex offender regisrty for up to 10 years. I know these are just people looking to get a rise out of us, but it is a legal and serious matter.
Report them for their OWN good, before someone makes it a bigger issue for them, ok?
2006-12-07 07:39:49 · 16 answers · asked by sweetie_baby 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes it will. I am a para legal student. It is dissemenation of information harmful to a minor, if convicted, it is a registrable offence, it will follow you for many years, just cause you were looking for kicks, it is a serious thing.
2006-12-07 07:49:52 · update #1
Good for you. When I see something like that I also report it.
2006-12-07 07:41:48 · answer #1 · answered by padwinlearner 5 · 5⤊ 3⤋
I'm afraid I'm going to have to correct some of your statements, even though in principle I agree with you.
It is most certainly *not* a federal offense, a felony charge, or any kind of offense that can put you on any sex offender list to have a nude avatar or one that engages in sexual activity here. That is absolutely, completely, patently incorrect.
Contents of a web site are the responsibility of the site owner and operator, not the users. Yahoo has terms of service agreements that its users agree to, and for breaking those (I assume using a nude avatar is breaking that agreement), they can remove a user and or ban them permanently. But neither Yahoo nor any government entity can charge anybody for anything for having a nude avatar. The government *could* prosecute Yahoo for allowing such things on this site without adequate protection for children, but not the users. You need to update your understanding of the law.
Now, as I said, in principle I agree with you -- where children have access to a site, these things should be monitored and regulated. Please do continue to report ones you find.
However -- relax a bit as well. Nobody is soliciting children for sex acts here. And no child is going to suffer any harm from seeing a teeny-tiny nude image. I am a parent, have 2 children 6 and 10, and they've seen nudity now and then in a movie or something -- we don't make a huge deal out of it, we explain what's going on, and we teach them what bodies, life, and sex are about. They are great, well-adjusted, straight-A kids.
The human body is a beautiful thing, not the sin-ridden filthy beast that apparently some christian religions teach it is. Educating your children about the human body and sex is a much better approach to training them to be intelligent, responsible adults than is sticking your head in the sand, trying to hide EVERYTHING from them, and pretending that nodody has a nude body underneath their clothing...
Peace.
2006-12-07 07:51:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
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2016-11-30 06:53:11 · answer #3 · answered by winkles 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Posting a nude avatar will "put you on the sex offender regisrty [sic] for up to 10 years."?? I doubt it.
I find avatars like "Learn about the one true God" offensive. Can we have them registered for 10 years as an obnoxious privacy-crashing full-of-it Jehova's Witness and keep them away from impressionable young minds that would rather be surfing the net for good, clean, honest porn?
Additional details: You're a paralegal but you spell it as two words???
Further details: I take it all back. I just saw a nude avatar that made me want to lose my lunch. The owner should be terminated with extreme prejudice.
2006-12-07 07:45:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
I fully agree with you. I haven't seen very many of these avatars, but I report on all inappropriate content. This site will go downhill fast unless we self-police it. Yahoo doesn't have the resources to individually evaluate all questions and responses.
2006-12-07 07:43:31 · answer #5 · answered by presidentbryce 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Yes I agree with you I report them as soon as I see them, its disgusting.
God Bless You
2006-12-07 07:42:39 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 6⤊ 2⤋
Can't have the kids see nudity but let's pump them full of synthetic hormones and crap and then plop them in front of the TV 12 hours a day in lieu of actual parenting.
2006-12-07 07:43:18 · answer #7 · answered by mutterhalls 3 · 4⤊ 4⤋
Thank you! Its about time someone said something about it. Just report them and ignore what they say everyone. They are just trying to annoy religious people.
2006-12-07 07:42:33 · answer #8 · answered by ana_is_a_cat 4 · 5⤊ 4⤋
I just let them do what they want. Whatever, it's not hurting me; whoever doesn't want to see can look away.
Anywho, your handle is "sweety baby." Are you really a baby? Can I squeeze your cute cuddly cheeks together?
2006-12-07 07:42:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 3⤋
I have been reporting them also, glad Im not the only one!
2006-12-07 07:44:12 · answer #10 · answered by Learn about the one true God 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋