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Compiled By GayToday
The Internet giant, Yahoo!, has been forced to retreat from sex censorship,
according to a UK-based organization, Press for Change. The company's policy
reversal was engineered by trans and gay activists, including non-sex oriented
groups.
Yahoo recently claimed to be removing 'Adult Content' from its site but its response had sweeping effects for owners of discussion lists of all kinds. Yahoo! simply removed all search facilities for discussion lists using terms that included the sequence 's-e-x', regardless of their context or the group's content. It meant that users could no longer locate clubs based in Essex or Sussex in the UK! Similarly, people seeking transsexual support groups also began drawing a blank. With thousands of groups affected, a campaign was immediately launched. Krystyna Haywood, activist for Press for Change, a national, political, educational and lobbying organization, and owner of a Yahoo discussion list, argued that "The action of Yahoo Groups is scandalous and tantamount to censorship
Wednesday, May 2, saw full search facilities restored--without comment from Yahoo! |
