Now this is just scary (more 6a/LJ, but important)

[rm]

http://community.livejournal.com/fandom_flies/7349.html

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[fierydragonsky.livejournal.com]

::bangs head on desk repeatedly::

I now have my name reserved on both InsaneJournal and GreatestJournal. I regret, wholeheartedly, buying a permanent account. That was what, two years ago? I don't remember. I wish I hadn't.

[rmjwell.livejournal.com]

Any chance that we'll ever find out what statutes require service providers to report people to a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization?

[marzipan-pig.livejournal.com]

"Some of these individuals may then attempt to lower the child’s inhibitions by gradually introducing sexual content into their online conversations and even send pornographic images to the child. When children are shown images of peers engaged in sexual activities, they are led to believe this behavior is acceptable. This lowers their inhibitions and makes it easier for the molester to take advantage of the child sexually."

I think I can see where NCMEC might be coming from with this; an adult using Snarry art to groom kids would *cough* suck.

Spelling out their intention would have helped, though (ie, that LJ/6A is so concerned about their involvement in this potentially devastating scenario that they ask that we not post any images, even drawn, depicting child or teen sexuality, and that they plan to destroy and ban all such images and report them to the NCMEC.)

Stating intent and consequences is a basic communication skill, important in adult-child and adult-adult interactions.

[winterknight.livejournal.com]

What I find fascinating is that I don't think we've seen a crisis that pushed fandom into this kind of action before. We've bypassed cat macros, for the most part, and gone straight on into Doing Things. Does it feel like a shift in the wind to you?