LJ policy update

[piranha]

well, this is cheering.

of special interest to me:

We have also stated within the policy that non-graphic, non-sexualized nudity is not considered explicit adult content. This includes things such as an image of a mother breastfeeding their child, or a non-sexualized work of art such as the Statue of David. We have also extended this to our policy on default userpics; non-graphic, non-sexualized nudity is no longer considered a violation of our default userpic policy.

and

Our policy on Non-Photographic Images of Minors is being removed. What this means is that we will no longer be requiring the removal of this content, or suspending people who have posted it. We feel that with the introduction of the adult content flagging system, we do not need to take any further action on this type of material.

the latter is extremely good news for all the yaoi communities.

the whole thing is well done; clearly written AND the reasoning explained. *sigh of relief*. man, it's good to see LJ come off its epic fail streak.

in other news, legomymalfoy has been elected as the LJ user representative. not my first choice, but a decent choice nonetheless IMO.

Comments

[springheel-jack.livejournal.com]

It would seem someone sane actually talked to a lawyer who told them that the law does, indeed, make a clear distinction between sexual images of children like drawings in the production of which no real children are involved, and photographs of actual children.

[erik]

"in other news, legomymalfoy has been elected as the LJ user representative. not my first choice, but a decent choice nonetheless IMO."

I know nothing about the candidates except that everyone on my friends list who expressed an opinion said basically "not jameth, he sucks." So I voted for !(jameth) (by which I mean I waited until the end and voted for the three highest vote-getters who were not jameth)

[kightp.livejournal.com]

I'm impressed - not just with the straightforward policy changes, but with the fact that the comments haven't turned into the usual wankfest. This is really promising.

As is the representative election, if only for who didn't get elected.

[suzimoses.livejournal.com]

*relieved sigh* Thanks for keeping us (um, ok. Me.) informed.

[firecat]

Yay!