Re: [uk-netmarketing] RE: Row over crackdown on adoption websites

[Lois Grayson]

Ray wrote:


How many crimes are perpetrated with the

> aid of the telephone or the postal service? Does anyone call for the

> prosecution of the Highways Agency, BT or Royal Mail?

>

> What the Internet needs is to smarten up its image. There needs to be more

> co-operation with the police and less antagonism. There needs to be more

> focus on professional standards and customer service.


I agree Ray. But I'd add that Yahoo! did us all no favours by refusing to

drop the chatroom Ms Borderline sorry Vorderman was so vehement about - what

was it called now? Something really unwholesome like 'Young Girls who like

Older Men'.  A 13 yr old girl was seduced by a listed paedophile. Not

surprising certainly  but when something is so obviously ripe for abuse

(being on the extremely dubious side of the Net already) as this 'community'

Yahoo really should have known better in the first place; but they didn't so

they should have shown that they do give a hoot sometimes when it all blew

up. They can't monitor all chatrooms certainly but they could care a bit

more (even if it's just about their brand). I'm not saying content should be

policed - just that to grow the trust the net needs we need to get better at

self-censoring.


As for Mandy, Ray........well getting him to spin the web a new image might

get us some FABULOUS parties darling (let's face it even Peter couldn't give

us a worse reputation right now) (poor sod)


Lois