[WikiEN-l] External links to image boards with images of a child engaged in sexually explicit acts.

[Mark Wagner]

On 4/4/06, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/3/06, Sydney Poore <poore5 at adelphia.net> wrote:
> > I wasn't surprised that the images were there. I was disgusted that an
> > editor added the links. There is a difference I think. :-)
> >
> > Recently, another editor emailed me to ask me to check out 5 external
> > links on an article. He was at work and couldn't safely pull them up.
> > Some of the images there were horrible. I don't think merely looking at
> > this type of material causes some one to fall into moral decay.
> > Personally it saddens me to see images of young children being sexually
> > exploited. These images are being promoted on these sites. Very
> > different than showing them for educational purposes.
> >
> Children involved in sexually explicit acts is illegal in all the ways
> that come to mind. Most picture gallery links are non-encyclopedic
> spam. I don't see why we would need new policies to cover this.

The link in question is to a lolicon (ie. cartoon porn) site.  It's
legal in the US and Japan, and probably a number of other parts of the
world.

--
Mark
[[User:Carnildo]]