QUOTE said:Verizon has declared it will no longer offer access to the entire alt.* hierarchy of Usenet newsgroups to its customers. This stems from last week's agreement for major ISPs to cut off access to 'newsgroups and Web sites' that make child pornography available. The story notes, 'No law requires Verizon to do this. Instead, the company (and, to varying extents, Time Warner Cable and Sprint) agreed to restrictions on Usenet in response to political strong-arming by New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat. Cuomo claimed that his office found child porn on 88 newsgroups — out of roughly 100,000 newsgroups that exist.' In response, Verizon will cut its customers off from a large portion of Usenet, as it will only carry newsgroups in the Big 8.
In other words, if you already have real usenet service instead of crappy BS that ISPs provide as part of their service package, this will not affect you at all. Correct?QUOTE said:In response, Verizon will cut its customers off from a large portion of Usenet, as it will only carry newsgroups in the Big 8.
Joe88 said:Looking through some news online from it, seems to be blocked because of Child Pornography being exchanged
this is one way of getting rid of itjesuschristmonkeyballs said:Joe88 said:Looking through some news online from it, seems to be blocked because of Child Pornography being exchanged
Creeps can still transport it by car, so do we close the highway system now?
All this "thinka the children" garbage is only for curtailing our rights.
And yes, I'm a parent.
zidane_genome said:Correct... if you access your NewsGroups via Verizon, it's cut off...
If you access your NewsGroups via somewhere else, your fine with all your kiddy porn, lol (kidding about the kiddy porn!)
deathfisaro said:Does child pornography mean child as strictly under 18 (or 19), or like before primary school children?