said by vick04 :

This article:
»www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/10···ackdown/

HAS nothing to do with the closing of the usenet servers. The link between child porn and usenet was made when someone in the first few posts decided that there was a link. There is no proof that this is the reason. All it was is a assumption by one of the users here.

said by NY Times :

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The companies have agreed to shut down access to newsgroups that traffic in pornographic images of children on one of the oldest outposts of the Internet, known as Usenet.

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said by NY Times :

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The providers will also cut off access to Web sites that traffic in child pornography.

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said by hobgoblin :

Please at least stick to facts

said by hobgoblin :

This is about usenet, please try to keep on topic.

There is a thread on the front page to debate that.

Hob

said by Xizer :

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Are you saying that the New York Times is lying?

Will you, as a Time Warner Cable employee, go on the record right now and say that this is false and that supposed child pornography is absolutely not a factor for Time Warner removing Usenet access?

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said by vick04 :

said by Xizer :

said by vick04 :

This article:
»www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/10···ackdown/

HAS nothing to do with the closing of the usenet servers. The link between child porn and usenet was made when someone in the first few posts decided that there was a link. There is no proof that this is the reason. All it was is a assumption by one of the users here.

You're late, pal.

»www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/nyreg···net.html

It says "The companies have agreed to shut down access to newsgroups that traffic in pornographic images of children on one of the oldest outposts of the Internet, known as Usenet."

Sorry to disappoint you but that means they agreed to shut down certain groups that do those sort of things. That article says nothing about completely shutting down usenet. You really need to work on your reading comprehension skills.

said by The Register :

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With an investigation that dates back at least six months, Cuomo's office uncovered 88 internet newsgroups containing more than 11,000 "sexually lewd photos featuring prepubescent children". And it found that Time Warner, Sprint, and Verizon provided access to many of these online bulletin boards.

The three net providers have now agreed to eliminate this access, and Time Warner has shut off all its newsgroups.

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said by hobgoblin :

"I knew you would avoid the question. Soooo predictable."

I am in no position to make public statements which is what you asked.

If you look back earlier in the week the story about the removal of newsgroups was posted on the Front page before the NY AG tried to rope the two things in together.

Of course Newsgroup access will be available to anyone who decides to use any 3rd party usenet servers.

Hob

said by Washington Post :

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New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, at the podium, is joined at the announcement by, from left, Matthew Sullivan of Sprint Nextel, Jeff Zimmerman of Time Warner Cable and Tom Daly of Verizon.

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