Telstra accused of running amatuer porn site
Telstra has been caught out supplying smutty videos through its
website WotNext.com.au. Telstra is charging $1 to download "amatuer porn" video
clips of naked women sunbathing and wrestling, News Limited newspapers reported.
Telstra launched WotNext in January this year, supposedly for young bands
to post their music videos and boost their exposure. However, eight of the
10 most-viewed clips involve women in states of undress. Family groups have
accused the telco of exploiting young internet users and demanded the Rudd
government intervene.
"The film clips on the site treat
young women as sex objects ... all delivered through a part-owned government communications provider," Women's Forum
of Australia director Melinda Tankard Reist told News Ltd newspapers. The Australian Family Association said that by
running the site Telstra was rotting the minds of young men as well as women. "Telstra are commercially exploiting
young people," association spokeswoman Angela Conway told The Daily Telegraph. "They're deliberately sexualising
young people in the most worrying way purely for commercial exploitation." However, Telstra said the website was not
supposed to show porn and had ordered a review into its content guidelines. "Some of the current videos and the
descriptions on WotNext are an unintended consequence of the user generated site and fall short of community
expectations," Telstra spokesman Peter Taylor said. "We share concerns by others and believe it has become a magnet
for tasteless video graffiti and we will be undertaking a prompt review of guidelines for posting content."
Source:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Telstra-accused-of-running-porn-site/2007/12/05/1196530709642.html
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