The safety of our users on the chat network is of paramount importance.

In an effort to curtail explicit sexual discussions and roleplay on our chat network, certain policy changes will be phased in over the next two weeks to address this.

The main changes are as follows:

• • Any user who becomes too sexually explicit in an officially recognized chat room will be kicked from the chat room. Repeat offenders will be suspended from dAmn for some period of time appropriate for the situation.

• • The standard penalty for sexual role play or explicit sexual discussion while accessing dAmn will be a two week minimum site suspension.

• • Chat room founders and operators will be considered responsible for sexual role play or explicit sexual discussion found in their chat room and will receive the same two week minimum suspension that is given to those found engaging in the behavior in their chat.

• • The standard penalty for the creation of a chat room specifically for the encouragement of sexual role play or explicit sexual discussion will be an indefinite ban from the site.

Please take the time to educate yourself by reading the news article $realitysquared has written on this subject.

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Speaking of education, if you'd like to education yourself on The Orphan Works Act of 2008, you'll want to read this journal

Thank you.

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Just a reminder that if you are contacting the HelpDesk about an Official Chatroom Ban or a dAmn-wide Chat Ban, please please please submit your inquiry under the Chat Inquiry category and not Ban Inquiry. Chat Inquiry is to be used for all inquiries related to dAmn.