No Censorship Please

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What's wrong with those lovely cushy handcuffs?

I know that Flickr staff is always 100% behind us [the community] and they have proven themselves by listening and answering to our calls, rants and abuses on various issues in the past. I love them for that and I'll stay with them.

But with the recent censorship for Yahoo IDs that belongs to UAE, Korea, Germany, Hong Kong and Singapore, I'd like to join the fight to go against censorship. Find out more here

This is not a protest against Flickr per se (I know they're doing what they can about this, for us) but against general censorship.

I come from a country where everything is censored to the max. When I arrived in Australia I suddenly realised that there were so many things that I did not know because most things are not censored here. There's no way I'm going back to that old "censor this and censor that" way of life. Censorship of materials like news, information, knowledge, history and images cripples our growth and cripples civility.

No to censorship 100%.

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brenendike licht [deleted] says:

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Aaltra says:

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... real gone [deleted] says:

Great picture, Wee !!!

You has also a picture (before), that is censored for me - lol ;-)
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

visualdensity says:

So sorry to hear that. :( Hopefully Flickr will do what's right for us one more time!
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

manuel diumenjó says:

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AlbySpace says:

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[ Va_lentina ] I'm back says:

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Denis Collette...!!! says:

My dear friend,
My wild river feel very sad today!
She’s not in state to comment!
You'll see this evening her terrible state about the censorship, source of all the alienations in our world!

Ciguë, arsenic, poison!
Bad time!!!!!! :((((

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unaerica says:

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vanessa m says:

Amen to that my brother!
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dreamlord says:

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YlvaS says:

A background to censorship on internet
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4973114.stm
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Liamfm . says:

great image
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alenrylu (Enrico Lo Storto) says:

Bellissima immagine
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waltimar says:

yours? ;-)
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luisa brehm says:

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ericarhiannon says:

Great Image!! Couldn't have said it better myself...
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

youngkwakdesign [deleted] says:

Great capture and yes, censorship will be the ruin of our freedoms.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Ivan Hache says:

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pictopedia says:

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Ikayama says:

I love this!
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

zonenfred says:

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shakkai says:

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manel ortega photographer says:

flickr censorship -

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tubes. says:

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urline says:

did we win? i can see censored pictures, again!!!

Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Angharad Segura says:

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Haddy Bello (hdy) says:

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. mar . says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called .NO A LA CENSURA, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

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derbenjamin [King of the Bongo] says:

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Leirdasim (new life in Guatemala) says:

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schneller2000 says:

Die haben aufgegeben, wir haben gewonnen

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nehir.sr [deleted] says:

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ipernity.com/home/nicoleb / No to censorship [deleted] says:

Fact one:
Since June 13th, flickr users with a yahoo account based in Singapore, Germany, Hong Kong and Korea can't turn off their SafeSearch filter any more.
Safe filter
Which means that where you did see grey pictures before and got asked, if you really want to see them and stay there or rather see the kittens you will now see simply nothing or if you are lucky, you will at least get a grey picture and when you click on it you will getthis. They are gone. Out of your sight.

Fact two:
Regarding to flickr staff, this is because of: quote from Heather (flickr staff):
"The central problem is that Germany has much more stringent age verification laws than its neighboring countries and specifies much harsher penalties, including jail time, for those with direct responsibility (in our case, it would be our colleagues in the German offices and we're not willing to make a call that has that kind of consequence for them)."

Fact three:
Up to now, they didn't quote the passage in said German law to clarify what exactly they mean
The law can be found here in German:
Jugendschutzgesetz
and the whole law as pdf

Fact four:
You can't switch the settings in your yahoo account from any country to the US. Well, you can, but it will not change a thing.

Fact five:
You can start a new US based yahoo account though and merge it with your flickr account.
Doesn't solve the issue, but will help you for now to see all the pictures you want.
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Jorge Sato says:

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BIGMON™ [deleted] says:

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Michel Filion says:

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Fernando Zapata(NEOFAZ ®) says:

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Nico Ibieta says:

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abre tus alas says:

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Amsterdamned! says:

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ScaryLily says:

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:-)carpe diem ... all merry christmas and a good n says:

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Devin Butler(helping Hope grow in the Philippines) says:

My lying cheating wife, Want her number?
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

BillyWarhol says:

TAKE ME TO THE KITTENS!!!!!

;PPPP

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GoodMoon says:

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outlaw_wolf says:

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'YARRET says:

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(gina) says:

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MaxRab says:

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mela q [deleted] says:

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TiBooX will NOT renew pro-account or upload photos says:

Protest with Emails too!
Show flickr what you paid for !
Maybe it's your content that will not show for any reason, sometimes.

Protestiert auch per Email!
Zeigt flickr wofür Ihr bezahlt habt.
Vielleicht wird euer Inhalt irgendwann aus beliebigen Gründen auch nicht mehr gezeigt.
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t.t@o [winter mood] says:

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BKoe says:

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.bullish says:

Censored!!!
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Mihaela Conţiu says:

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ƒreg / Fernando Gregory says:

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Baby Grace Blue says:

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Milkham says:

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lunaryuna AGAINST CENSORSHIP [deleted] says:

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[SpAb] says:

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[noone] says:

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Matthias 16 [matthias16.ipernity.com] says:

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Mad_T says:

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G.Benard says:

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mad.melon [deleted] says:

up!!!

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nils ohne e says:

SKIN is EVIL!

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maggot says:

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QBX says:

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BITH* says:

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Hans van Reenen says:

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achamp says:

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Ryan Lee UK says:

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donjopi3 says:

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s a i n t says:

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Séverine C. aka sey 9 says:

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Tarzisius Koch says:

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k_2 [deleted] says:

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Amsterdamned! says:

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jspace3 says:

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ozma says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Photographers Against Censorship - P.A.C., and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

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Teresa Marques says:

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Pluck! says:

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Nicote says:

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mwboeckmann says:

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artOtek [deleted] says:

Flickrenheit 451

Against Censorship
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NowPublic says:

Thank you for sharing your photo!This photograph appears in a NowPublic news story:Flickr Filtered: Germany takes control.
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fineshot says:

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Freak_Irish_Sister says:

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23hq.com/ciberado says:

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klevo! says:

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van heland says:

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Hercules Rockafeller -> Ipernity [deleted] says:

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Tarky7 says:

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Driely Schwartz says:

great!

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CiuPix says:

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snake5 [deleted] says:

-bad news :(
-I have to think about consequences

-matching words, excellent illustrated
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Linda Gavin says:

I live in Germany and Flickr is a big part of my life. I'm very upset that the governments are banning everything from games to censoring photographs. The world is turning into a police state!
They mind as well ban literature and art because of its obscene content.

When the Nazis got the communists, I had been silent; I was no communist.
When they locked up the Social Democrats, I had been silent; I was no Social Democrat.
When they got the trade unionists, I had been silent; I was no trade unionist.
When they got the Jews, I had been silent, I was no Jew.
When they got me, there was none more, which could protest.

/Bertolt break
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Tulio Correa says:

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stellalee523 says:

Bravo!
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TenguTech says:

You might find the 'no censorship in Australia' ending soon.

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brenendike licht [deleted] says:

Aaltra says:

... real gone [deleted] says:

visualdensity says:

manuel diumenjó says:

AlbySpace says:

[ Va_lentina ] I'm back says:

Denis Collette...!!! says:

unaerica says:

vanessa m says:

dreamlord says:

YlvaS says:

Liamfm . says:

alenrylu (Enrico Lo Storto) says:

waltimar says:

luisa brehm says:

ericarhiannon says:

youngkwakdesign [deleted] says:

Ivan Hache says:

pictopedia says:

Ikayama says:

zonenfred says:

shakkai says:

manel ortega photographer says:

tubes. says:

urline says:

Angharad Segura says:

Haddy Bello (hdy) says:

. mar . says:

derbenjamin [King of the Bongo] says:

Leirdasim (new life in Guatemala) says:

schneller2000 says:

nehir.sr [deleted] says:

ipernity.com/home/nicoleb / No to censorship [deleted] says:

Jorge Sato says:

BIGMON™ [deleted] says:

Michel Filion says:

Fernando Zapata(NEOFAZ ®) says:

Nico Ibieta says:

abre tus alas says:

Amsterdamned! says:

ScaryLily says:

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mela q [deleted] says:

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