Ridiculous policies - but at the same time, they sell their user´s information for spying agencies. Great morals.
On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 6:18 AM, 'Eric Rex' via omnisport < [email protected]> wrote: > Blogger has decided to tighten up their community standards, as shown by > the letter below. It sounds like they are developing standards more like > we have had at Omnisport, all along. > > Phrasing is ambiguous, though. It will be interesting to see how thing > play out. > > Omnisport is a Google Group so their interpretation in allowing or banning > blogs will be interesting for us too. The blog has been less careful than > we are at Omnisport... > > Sports images certainly have erotic overtones for many, and for many of > our group members. Will a model in a speedo be considered too much for > blogger or Google down the line? What if you can see the outline of his > package? Will that be considered "sexually explicit or graphic" ??? > > We will have to see how this plays out. > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > *From:* Blogger <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, February 23, 2015 9:08 PM > *Subject:* Blogger Content Policy Update > > Dear Blogger User, > > We're writing to tell you about an upcoming change to the Blogger Content > Policy that may affect your account. > > In the coming weeks, we'll no longer allow blogs that contain sexually > explicit or graphic nude images or video. We'll still allow nudity > presented in artistic, educational, documentary, or scientific contexts, > or > where there are other substantial benefits to the public from not taking > action on the content. > > The new policy will go into effect on the 23rd of March 2015. After this > policy goes into effect, Google will restrict access to any blog > identified > as being in violation of our revised policy. No content will be deleted, > but only blog authors and those with whom they have expressly shared the > blog will be able to see the content we've made private. > > Our records indicate that your account may be affected by this policy > change. Please refrain from creating new content that would violate this > policy. Also, we ask that you make any necessary changes to your existing > blog to comply as soon as possible, so that you won't experience any > interruptions in service. You may also choose to create an archive of > your > content via Google Takeout > (https://www.google.com/settings/takeout/custom/blogger). > > For more information, please read here > (https://support.google.com/blogger?p=policy_update). > > Sincerely, > The Blogger Team > > (c) 2015 Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "omnisport" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
