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diff --git a/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.23.07/Mon/OPLC.txt b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.23.07/Mon/OPLC.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eef0055 --- /dev/null +++ b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.23.07/Mon/OPLC.txt @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +Proof that young boys all around the world are the same: A reporter for the official News Agency of Nigeria claims laptops donated by the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project to Nigerian schools have been used to browse and store pornographic images. + +Given that any computer anywhere in the world can be used to "browse and store" pornographic images, we can't help thinking this is some sort of deliberate smear attempt at the OLPC project, which, for some reason, seems to [raise the ire of many people][3]. + +As Wayan Vota of [One Laptop Per Child News][1] (not affiliated with the actual OLPC group) writes "to focus on it this much means that the reporter really wanted a headline grabbing story or is against the project on a personal level." + +We tend to believe the former explanation, but whatever the case the team behind the OLPC says filters will be installed on future version of the machine, which, giving the curiosity of children, is probably how things should have been from the beginning. + +[1]: http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/nigeria/pornographic_image_child.html +[2]: http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL19821905.html +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/05/negroponte_accu.html "Negroponte Accuses Intel Of Hitting Below The Belt"
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