Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!pyrdc!pyrnj!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu!karl From: karl@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Re: Net.Porn ? Message-ID: <22296@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 22 Sep 88 17:36:53 GMT References: <1278@cbnews.ATT.COM> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: na Lines: 17 In-reply-to: wbt@cbnews.ATT.COM's message of 22 Sep 88 14:37:22 GMT wbt@cbnews.att.com writes: [alt.sex and similar groups being available to minors could be a problem for Usenet sites.] Is this a serious potential problem, or am I paranoid ? I think you're a *little* paranoid. If your system is available to 12-year-olds, then perhaps you have a problem. My systems are not. Generally speaking, no one who isn't "of age" can get into my systems - this is a university where it is safe to say that all users are at least 18. I can't be accused of pandering to minors when it's so obvious that I don't make my systems available to minors. Sites which make themselves available to minors might be putting themselves into a much worse position. "Large corporate contributors" can no doubt claim reasonably that their users are of sufficient age as well. --Karl