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dadda
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dadda asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo Answers · 1 decade ago

What do these new report abuse categories mean?

What do they mean by:

- Child Protection?

- Objectionable Speech?

and why have they replaced "Not a Question or Answer", "Repeated Postings", "Epithets and Slurs", "Impersonating and Cloning", "Chatting and Communications" and others with just "Other Violation of Community Guidlines"? How are they supposed to tell which category it is if they removed them all?

Update:

What do "Child Protection" and "Objectionable Speech" MEAN? I don't have a clue.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Child Protection---any violation pertaining to child protection from adults posing as minors, or child pornography, or from pedophiles and child molesters/rapists.

    Objectionable Speech--these includes the Epithets, Slurs, Hate Speech, or other insults to other groups, cultures, race, other participants.

    maybe they replaced them because other users are using the wrong category for the reported violations. there was another option "other violations in the community guidelines" (if i remember it correctly).

    Some people in answers report you because they dont like you, which is just annoying...*sigh* those bored trolls..

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Since a machine just forwards the violation and no human eyes ever lay eyes on it, I wonder why they bother. Objectionable Speech.... now what the hey does that mean?

  • 1 decade ago

    Another stupid idea by Yahoo. I agree, that "Other violation of Community Guidelines" catch-all is WORTHLESS!

    Personally, I think the "Adult Content" category adequately covered "Child Protection." And this "Objectionable Speech" category is wide enough for you to drive a truck through!

  • hobo
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Pedophiles & obscene language The rest basically I think they can get you for anything Long Live Trolls right???

    Source(s): I am not a Troll but try to battle them
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