[Foundation-l] Discussion Questions for Potentially-Objectionable Content

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Andreas Kolbe wrote:
> to see its content.
> 
> Yes, the devil is in the details, and in working out the correct
> parameters for default IP access. Each language version of any
> project could make its own determination in this regard. Arabic, no
> Mohammed images; India, no sex and kissing; Dutch and German, the
> full Monty with no censorship at all. Whatever.


 From what I recall Germany is a problem because certain imagery (porn, 
violence) is NOT allowed unless you age verify. You cannot have bukkake 
images unless you have age verified. That was the problem that flickr 
had when they internationalized the site. The German law requires that 
if such images are accessible by minors then the site MUST remove access 
upon notification.

http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/BGH-eBay-kann-zur-Sperrung-jugendgefaehrdender-Angebote-verpflichtet-werden-150320.html

That probably means that for de.wikipedia all porn images need to be 
deleted, and that might even stretch into commons too. That was flickr's 
interpretation of the law which is why they made yahoo.de accounts 
restricted to viewing moderate images only.