What purpose does the Yahoo censorship serve?
88648
I could see if you were being vulger or using a lot of profanity, just for the fact that there are some very young people who use this site, however, the question that you had on here that was censored was not of any distaste. It was certainly retarded, and it had no relevence to anything, but it was not something that needed to be censored. We live in a country that was at one time "Free". It has now become so politically correct you cant say or do anything without offending someone.
402474
http://www.rockthevote.org/censorship/cen_history.php
776546
what is so funny about it???  if you want free speech, then start your OWN website and give all the free speech you want or start your OWN blog and stop worrying about what yahoo is doing
883957
This is an inappropriate question and should be removed by Yahoo.
248997
Evidently Yahoo doesn't watch too closely, or they would suspend a whole lotta people for profanity, obscenity, racism, insults, and nude aviators. This also includes violent, threatening posts, and sexual predator's.
669126
OK, first, I totally disagree with your premise regarding human rights.  I don't even think you understand the term.  But I want to address the question about Yahoo:\n\nYahoo has a right to withdraw anything here if it wants to FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY WANT.  It is THEIR site.  They own it.  They allow you to write on it, but they can remove things if they want.  That's how a free country works.  If it is yours, you can do what you want with it.  \n\nIf I wrote things on YOUR website, YOU would have a right to remove things that you didn't like.  Why is that so hard to understand?  You do NOT have any right to publish on someone else's website.  You have a right to publish on your own site and the site of anyone who CHOOSES FREELY to allow you to post on theirs.  YOU DO NOT OWN YAHOO!!!!
168100
Yahoo is a big company and if they do hackers will find this out and publicize it. This will effect the reputation of Yahoo and will loose users.
405864
Basically, because the Internet encompasses so many different viewpoints, religions, opinions, and ideas, what Yahoo has created by allowing access to anyone, is a haven for the sane, insane, prejudiced, tolerant, Christians, non Christians, liberals, conservatives (you get the idea). When they disagree or annoy each other the abuse button gets clicked and the sheer number of reports makes it impossible to track and provide customer service for each one. \n\nLet us hope that they at least give consideration to reports before completely canceling an account.
71866
Well, your word was censored (thanks Yahoo!), but th eanswer is probably "yes".  So long as everyone involved is kosher with it.
820325
I think that Yahoo does limit our speech a lot. Most posts that get deleted have a certain bias, either by using certain words, having an honest opinion/comment that disagrees with yahoo/the poster, or even protesting our currrent president. Nevertheless, it's kind of allowed, because yahoo must monitor what goes on. We have freedom of speech and expression, but our modes are limited.
699232
it's against the guidelines to spam\nbut hey...all the spammers do and yahoo doesn't seem to mind
176945
Similar thing happened to me because some people's sensibilities just wont stand for that kind of a question.  I'm as open minded as the next guy and would never report anything like that.  But when someone does, for whatever reason, I suppose Yahoo are obliged to do something about it.  If you haven't been banned or your account deleted then don't worry too much about it.
619567
No. Yahoo has been having a few issues as of late. It happened in a few groups I use that are not political in nature.\nBTW It's Martial Law.
356738
Global? Are you serious? Of course not. There are countries where freedom of speech is a joke.\n\nAh, well if you are specifically talking about Yahoo, then no, there is not freedom of speech, there are rules and terms of use. I have no problem with them. There is no need to do any of the things that go against the rules of the site. There is a mature and respectful way to answer any question on this site while being both honest and within the guidelines of the site. Some have the ability to do that, and some don't.
804667
There is a difference between free speech and inciting a riot.  Free speech also doesn't give one a license to say whatever, whenever.  There still is a responsibility for the words one speaks.  Don't know what promted this question, but I don't have any issue with yahoo's policies governing posting on the site.
700356
Yahoo bans for the most stupid of reasons.  I agree with you on the trailer trash girl with the incest issue, yuk.  If anything, that should have been banned.  I have been banned for less than that.  Maybe Yahoo only checks out questions and/or answers that someone reports as abuse is what I am thinking.  If that is true I would think that there are a million stupid questions that would or should be banned.  I'm with you on this.
710089
Not in my opinion - the number of blatantly racist, anti-Islamic comments that are allowed on Yahoo Answers would clearly suggest that Yahoo operates a very open, tolerant policy.