I recently decided against them based on how just plain (needlessly) complex it is. Now I'm hearing all this crap, too? I think I made a wise decision to not use flickr!
I'll probably ask German friends about this later, but what aspect of German law makes censorship of websites legal? Can German gov. take action against this? What's going on?
Hey - I'm from germany - so i might answer. There is NO law in germany which makes censorship legal. But there is a law which forbids it. After flickrs censorship there were reacations from the german government who said, that it's illegal to censor, but you have to potect the youth (Jugendschutzgesetz in Germany), but flickrs censorship has NOTHING to do with this and doesn't meet the requirements. The Problem was, that the german flickr team didn't speak german and understood nothing.
George was fired from Flickr after defending it. She's a little like that guy in Roger and Me who defends GE's layoffs, then gets laid off.
teak43 2 years ago
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jbarnesphoto 3 years ago
@jbarnesphoto Flickr charges money?
I recently decided against them based on how just plain (needlessly) complex it is. Now I'm hearing all this crap, too? I think I made a wise decision to not use flickr!
TheMrBlinx 1 year ago
Interesting tag search results for the Flickr co-Founders, Stewart Butterfield and Caterina Fake...take a look...
gocarrt 3 years ago
Flickr and censorship - weird, considering the amount of NSFW photos within!
joh2 3 years ago
I'll probably ask German friends about this later, but what aspect of German law makes censorship of websites legal? Can German gov. take action against this? What's going on?
colleen3217 4 years ago
Hey - I'm from germany - so i might answer. There is NO law in germany which makes censorship legal. But there is a law which forbids it. After flickrs censorship there were reacations from the german government who said, that it's illegal to censor, but you have to potect the youth (Jugendschutzgesetz in Germany), but flickrs censorship has NOTHING to do with this and doesn't meet the requirements. The Problem was, that the german flickr team didn't speak german and understood nothing.
ecowmilk 3 years ago
Wow, pretty messy. I hope something gets done about it. (thanks by the way)
colleen3217 3 years ago
I use hide my ass dot com, and visit there flickr com. so I can see everything
tavin15 4 years ago
I never use flickr, so I didn't have a clue.thanks.very interesting
luxcretia2 4 years ago
thinkflickrthink
Walljet 4 years ago
A remarkable piece of work. It will stay and will be very useful. Italians do not like censorship...
i2marinari 4 years ago
No worries at all, @acidmoongfx...glad to see the Germans fighting for their rights.
djackmanson 4 years ago
It's me, Schwarzabgleich - just wanna say Thank You for your support!
acidmoongfx 4 years ago
And thanks to you too, ripnread - comments crossed.
djackmanson 4 years ago
Thanks very much lola, I'm glad you like it. Now to get it out to the world...
djackmanson 4 years ago
good job.
the revolution spreads.
WE are against Censorship!!
ripnread 4 years ago
Excellent! I'm very impressed by your coverage on this topic.
lolathecarchick 4 years ago