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Subject:	Re: Yahho's [apparent] decision to drop Adult groups
From:	Chuq Von Rospach <chuqui @ plaidworks . com>
Date:	Mon, 16 Apr 2001 23:24:26 -0700
To:	<amys @ amys-answers . com>, <list-managers @ greatcircle . com>, <list-moderators @ list-moderators . com>
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On 4/15/01 7:41 AM, "Amy Stinson" <amys@amys-answers.com> wrote:

> I'm guessing that they checked with their attorneys and found that
> hosting adult groups without sufficient controls would leave them
> open for litigation.

Worse -- bad publicity and insertion into the auto-nanny software lists. If
yahoo.com gets put into the mecha-censors and firewalls, they're even more
toast than they are now.

References:

Yahho's [apparent] decision to drop Adult groups
From: "Amy Stinson" <amys@amys-answers.com>

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