"The Watchers"
Predators, Pedophiles and Pornography on Flickr.com
Flickr.com is intended to be an on-line photo-sharing community. It is owned by Yahoo!. What set Flickr apart from other brands of photo-sharing groups, was the ability to "Tag" their photographs. Tagging is a method of categorization, allowing the consumer to label their pictures with specific titles. There are Tags for kids, for bathrooms, for whatever someone wanted to name their photo, or sets of photographs. For instance, Grandma and Grandpa go to Hawaii every year. Their friends, Stan and Mardge go skiing in Vermont. So, Grandma and Grandpa Tag their pictures "Hawaii." The problem is that when Stan and Mardge search all public groups with the word "Hawaii," they may end up seeing a picture of a man performing felatio on another man, on a beach, and maybe, if they're lucky, the men are actually in Hawaii. Not the kind of thing that Stan and Mardge want their grandchildren peering over their shoulder looking at. If Stan and Mardge are looking at that; what do you think the rest of the animals on Flickr.com The Action Report has uncovered are looking at? They are looking at your pictures; of your grandchildren, and teenaged daughters. They are predators, and pedophiles and are are given an all access pass, courtesy of Flickr.com to see your two year old naked, on the potty. I found such a picture, it was sub-categorized with other commonly frequented topics, like fetishes, bondage, sexy, kids, lolitas, etc. I am sure that Grandma and Grandpa, and Stan and Mardge, have no idea this whole other world within Flickr exists; but Flickr knows. I received an e-mail from Flickr.com's Public Relations Director, Kathryn Kelly. In it she states that she appreciates The Action Report pointing out any claims of "abuse" of the Terms of Use Policy that might be occurring by its own users, and will investigate any such assertions put forward by The Action Report. That pretty much sums up Flickr's security. The Action Report has scores of inner-forum discussions from Flickr.com on this very topic. Flickr's security policy is "Police yourselves and report abuse." From the forums I've read, people in certain groups cannot police other groups, and some voices have been silenced along the way. Flickr.com does not have the ability to police itself. There isn't a screening process for new clients, you don't even need to be a member to be a voyeur. In the following week the Action Report will be providing the links to the pages that any twelve year old kid, any monster, that any anybody can obtain. Beneath each Tag; members make comments or "Blog" next to each picture. There is an icon located to the left of their comments. Click on the icons and follow them to other links. Click another icon and it takes you to more links, of more pictures, that depict a lifestyle quite contrary to the image that Flickr and Yahoo! portray to Stan and Mardge.
For More on Flickr: Go Here
Flickr.com is intended to be an on-line photo-sharing community. It is owned by Yahoo!. What set Flickr apart from other brands of photo-sharing groups, was the ability to "Tag" their photographs. Tagging is a method of categorization, allowing the consumer to label their pictures with specific titles. There are Tags for kids, for bathrooms, for whatever someone wanted to name their photo, or sets of photographs. For instance, Grandma and Grandpa go to Hawaii every year. Their friends, Stan and Mardge go skiing in Vermont. So, Grandma and Grandpa Tag their pictures "Hawaii." The problem is that when Stan and Mardge search all public groups with the word "Hawaii," they may end up seeing a picture of a man performing felatio on another man, on a beach, and maybe, if they're lucky, the men are actually in Hawaii. Not the kind of thing that Stan and Mardge want their grandchildren peering over their shoulder looking at. If Stan and Mardge are looking at that; what do you think the rest of the animals on Flickr.com The Action Report has uncovered are looking at? They are looking at your pictures; of your grandchildren, and teenaged daughters. They are predators, and pedophiles and are are given an all access pass, courtesy of Flickr.com to see your two year old naked, on the potty. I found such a picture, it was sub-categorized with other commonly frequented topics, like fetishes, bondage, sexy, kids, lolitas, etc. I am sure that Grandma and Grandpa, and Stan and Mardge, have no idea this whole other world within Flickr exists; but Flickr knows. I received an e-mail from Flickr.com's Public Relations Director, Kathryn Kelly. In it she states that she appreciates The Action Report pointing out any claims of "abuse" of the Terms of Use Policy that might be occurring by its own users, and will investigate any such assertions put forward by The Action Report. That pretty much sums up Flickr's security. The Action Report has scores of inner-forum discussions from Flickr.com on this very topic. Flickr's security policy is "Police yourselves and report abuse." From the forums I've read, people in certain groups cannot police other groups, and some voices have been silenced along the way. Flickr.com does not have the ability to police itself. There isn't a screening process for new clients, you don't even need to be a member to be a voyeur. In the following week the Action Report will be providing the links to the pages that any twelve year old kid, any monster, that any anybody can obtain. Beneath each Tag; members make comments or "Blog" next to each picture. There is an icon located to the left of their comments. Click on the icons and follow them to other links. Click another icon and it takes you to more links, of more pictures, that depict a lifestyle quite contrary to the image that Flickr and Yahoo! portray to Stan and Mardge.
For More on Flickr: Go Here
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