On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:06, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch(a)gmail.com> wrote:
While I support the use of technology, I also fear
that people put so much
trust into this technology they aren't aware of the lame content being
uploaded. They love to reiterate that if the "bot approves it" it's okay
and
fine to be on Commons, but so much content that is pornographic in nature is
often uploaded, bot approved, then the Flickr account is deleted. This is a
rather broken approval process or system, IMHO.
It's a major problem with Flickr. I've often emailed people there who
have CC images that I'd like to use in articles. They say "sure, I've
released it, go ahead." I say, "can I just check that you took the
photograph yourself?" Answer, "sure, it's fine for you to use it." Me:
"Can you confirm that you actually took the photograph yourself?" No
answer.
That's ignoring whether the subject of the photograph has given
consent, which is another issue on top of who the author is.
Practically, what can we do about this? I feel we've become a magnet
for pornography in a way that's bad for everyone -- project, editors,
Foundation, the individual women depicted, women in general.
Realistically, what can we do that doesn't involve simply having the
occasional image deleted?
Sarah