The original poster is either woefully naive or is pushing trollbait. Apache can be used to produce websites that exploit children (or anyone else for that matter), yet I dont see people approaching the makers of apache software and asking them what they are doing to protect children.
This is a classic case of someone trying to make a machine and software responible for that which they should undertake responsibility for themselves; or, as suggested initially, just trollbait. On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Jonathan Greenlee < [email protected]> wrote: > > The ONLY appropriate approach is that Children are NEVER allowed in virtual > worlds. > Afterall, the Internet is intended for ADULTS ONLY, meaning "well-behaved > and serious and knowledge oriented" rather than "sex or violence oriented". > > --- On Wed, 7/8/09, Mark Dubin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Mark Dubin <[email protected]> > > Subject: [Opensim-users] Abuse protection, especially children > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 1:57 PM > > This is more a philosophical > > question, than technical, but there may > > be technical approaches to it. A public OpenSim grid allows > > access to > > people of any age, adult or child. Then, the availability > > of both > > chat and IM makes the site the equivalent of a public > > chat-room with > > a private back-channel. This presents a situation in which > > adult > > predators can approach children, with the attendant > > dangers. How can > > this concern be approached? Any kind of "public" OpenSim is > > prone to > > this issue, which will thus need a long-term, broad-based > > approach. A > > specific example could be a museum. > > > > A significant advantage of having a public museum on an > > OpenSim grid, > > open to all, is that museums typically are valuable > > learning assets > > for children. Allowing chat/IM enhances the experience by > > fostering > > sharing of insights and questions. Thus, totally blocking > > chat and/or > > IM limits the value of the site. Another approach could be > > to require > > prior approval for each avatar that has access to the site. > > However, > > this is impractical in terms of resources needed to > > accomplish it > > (and difficulty in proving the nature of the requester), > > except in > > very limited (essentially non-public) situations. > > Monitoring of all > > the communication on a site is not practical (or even > > possible). > > Further, attempts by the site owner to monitor or otherwise > > provide > > security can leave one open to litigation. > > > > A typical, hands-off approach is to provide warnings and do > > nothing > > more. In the case of children, parents should know what > > their kids > > are doing and teach them safe internet practices. It is > > essentially > > analogous to going to a real, bricks-and-mortar museum, or > > store, or > > public place. Realistically, this may be the best that can > > be done. > > Or is it? I am interested in hearing ideas from others, > > either via > > this list or by e-mail to me at <[email protected]>. > > If there is > > significant e-mail exchange, I will summarize and post that > > summary > > here. > > > > Thanks, Mark > > _______________________________________________ > > Opensim-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > -- =================================== http://osgrid.org http://del.icio.us/SPQR http://twitter.com/jstallings2 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/5/770/a49
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