If you are not subscribed to ALA TechSource, you may have missed Michael Stephens post on recent developments in the US where libraries are being threatened with report to the US Justice Dept. if they provide access to Flickr on their public use computers. In addition, public libraries that are open to children (which ones aren’t?) that have Flickr accounts are under attack for their affiliation with a service described as an “adult oriented amateur porn website”.

As a regular Flickr user I can say I have never come across anything pornographic, although one or two a little “arty” - too many pet photos and a plenitude of mundane holiday snaps far outweigh images that meet the porn criteria.

Flickr has some very useful features and resources. One I like to recommend is their Advanced Search limit for images with a creative commons licence. A fantastic resource for people wanting images they can re-use safe in the knowledge they are complying with creator’s wishes.

I’m sure Yahoo will be unhappy about this campaign against their Flickr service. It will be interesting to see what they say about it.
Michael makes some good points, get on over there and join the conversation.
This is in the context of the recent passing of DOPA (Deleting Online Predators Act) in the US House of Representatives.