 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
AFA ActivismAction Alert - April 12, 2001Help Stop Yahoo Porn!Yahoo Violating Obscenity And Child Pornography Laws, Ashcroft Told
Attorney General John Ashcroft is being urged to prosecute Yahoo, Inc., one of the world’s largest Internet companies, for its direct involvement in the sale and distribution of obscene material and child pornography. In a letter, written by AFA Director of Governmental Affairs Patrick Trueman, former official in the Reagan and Bush Administrations who was responsible for the prosecution of illegal pornography, Ashcroft was told that it is urgent that Yahoo be investigated immediately. “News reports this week indicate that Yahoo has begun to offer thousands of hardcore pornographic videos and DVDs in its online store and receives ‘a percentage of each sale’ from merchants working with Yahoo," Trueman said in the letter. "Because Yahoo has such a dominant presence on the Internet, it must not be allowed to flaunt federal law. To allow it to do so will surely encourage many more mainstream companies with a dot-com presence to also embrace the obscenity industry.” “Though Yahoo claims to have 'controls' to keep children from its new porn video store, trafficking in obscene material is illegal whether it is to adults or children, he added.” Trueman also urged that Yahoo be investigated for its trafficking in child pornography. “Yahoo offers a substantial amount of child pornography, available on its own servers, through its web hosting service, ‘Yahoo! Geo Cities’,” Trueman said. "Child pornography is instantly available through this service. Profiting from the sexual exploitation of children and women by Yahoo is not only degrading to all children and women but it is patently illegal," he added. Trueman was chief of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, in Washington from 1988 to 1992. He now serves as legal counsel and director of governmental affairs for AFA. In a related story, AFA Director of Web Development Paul Chaney reports how Yahoo has been in the porn business for some time, only not in such a mercenary fashion. ACTION NEEDEDContact Yahoo, Inc. and politely express your outrage that they are now mainstreaming and profiting from pornography in order to boost sagging profits. If you have a Yahoo account, tell them that you plan on canceling and let them know why.Yahoo, Inc. 3420 Central Expressway Santa Clara, CA 95051 Phone: (408) 731-3300 [ext.0 and ask for CEO] Fax (408) 731-3510
|
|
E-mail this page to a friend |
copyright
©2006 American Family Association | privacy
policy
|
