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LATEST NEWS!! "Google Reverses Ban on Explicit Material on Blogger"

"Earlier this week, Google gave bloggers a month to remove explicit images and videos that didn’t fall under an umbrella of artistic, scientific or education content. It said that some blogs would be automatically set to private or shut down completely if the owners didn’t comply with the change. Google is now changing course, focusing instead on stopping the distribution of commercial porn.

In an update posted to the Blogger community forums, an employee said:

This week, we announced a change to Blogger’s porn policy. We’ve had a ton of feedback, in particular about the introduction of a retroactive change (some people have had accounts for 10+ years), but also about the negative impact on individuals who post sexually explicit content to express their identities. So rather than implement this change, we’ve decided to step up enforcement around our existing policy prohibiting commercial porn.

Google still wants bloggers to mark any explicit material as “adult” so that people who don’t want to see such content can avoid it."

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/02/27/google-reverses-ban-on-explicit-material-on-blogger/?mod=yahoo_hs

"Google said Friday that after a barrage of public comments, it decided not to implement the ban, but instead would step up efforts to enforce its policy barring "commercial porn."

"We've had a ton of feedback, in particular about the introduction of a retroactive change (some people have had accounts for 10+ years), but also about the negative impact on individuals who post sexually explicit content to express their identities," product manager Jessica Pelegio said in a post to the Google product forum.

"So rather than implement this change, we've decided to step up enforcement around our existing policy prohibiting commercial porn.""

http://news.yahoo.com/google-backflips-blogger-sexual-content-ban-164940346.html

To the censors of Google...

BREAKING NEWS! Sad But True: Google kills the Adult Blog Star!

"Dear Blogger User,

We're writing to tell you about an upcoming change to the Blogger Content Policy that may affect your account.

In the coming weeks, we'll no longer allow blogs that contain sexually explicit or graphic nude images or video. We'll still allow nudity presented in artistic, educational, documentary, or scientific contexts, or where there are other substantial benefits to the public from not taking action on the content.

The new policy will go into effect on the 23rd of March 2015. After this policy goes into effect, Google will restrict access to any blog identified as being in violation of our revised policy. No content will be deleted, but only blog authors and those with whom they have expressly shared the blog will be able to see the content we've made private.

Our records indicate that your account may be affected by this policy change. Please refrain from creating new content that would violate this policy. Also, we ask that you make any necessary changes to your existing blog to comply as soon as possible, so that you won't experience any interruptions in service. You may also choose to create an archive of your content via Google Takeout (https://www.google.com/settings/takeout/custom/blogger).

For more information, please read here (https://support.google.com/blogger?p=policy_update).

Sincerely,
The Blogger Team

(c) 2015 Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043" Text Source: Blogger/ Google
"Estimado usuario de Blogger: Queremos avisarte de un cambio que tendrá lugar pronto en la Política de contenido de Blogger que podría afectar a tu cuenta. En las próximas semanas vamos a dejar de permitir los blogs con contenidos sexualmente explícitos o imágenes o vídeos de desnudos. Seguiremos aceptando los desnudos en contextos artísticos, educativos, documentales o científicos, o cuando represente otra ventaja notable para el público que no retiremos esos contenidos. La nueva política entrará en vigor el 23 de marzo de 2015. Cuando empiece a aplicarse esta política, Google restringirá el acceso a todos los blogs que hayamos detectado que infringen nuestra nueva política. No se eliminará ningún contenido, pero solamente los autores de los blogs y las personas con la que hayan compartido expresamente su blog podrán ver el contenido que hayamos convertido en privado. Según nuestros datos, tu cuenta podría verse afectada por este cambio en la política. Por favor, a partir de ahora no crees contenidos que puedan infringir esta política. También te agradeceríamos que hagas los cambios necesarios en tu blog para cumplir con la nueva política lo antes posible. Así no sufrirás ninguna interrupción en el servicio. También tienes la alternativa de crear un archivo de tus contenidos a través de Google Takeout. (https://www.google.com/settings/takeout/custom/blogger). Para más información, visita https://support.google.com/blogger?p=policy_update. Atentamente, El equipo de Blogger © 2015 Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 (EE. UU.)" Fuente del texto: Blogger/ Google

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