If those of us unfortunate enough to be forced or otherwise coerced into
using AT&T, it appears (from AT&T news service personnel) that they were
ordered to drop all alt.bin* and alt.bian* NGs - period. If there were
a NG titled alt.fishing.binaries.pictures, they would carry it. In
fact, it appears that they aren't actually prohibited by policy from
carrying, oh, say, alt.illegal.child.porn.binaries.for.sick.perverts
(but
alt.binaries.personally.moderated.by.tipper.gore.t o.be.free.of.child.porn
would be a no-go because it would be an obvious potential source of
child porn.)

If the story is correct, somehow, something Andrew Cuomo did in NY wound
up causing AT&T lawyers to send an order to the limited number of AT&T
news admins ordering them to eliminate only the above hierarchies to
stop child porn on USENET. The news people explained that such was a
silly idea and wouldn't stop jack ****. The lawyers insisted and the
hierarchies were dropped and the rest left alone. And the updated
directory of available NGs on 2 AT&T servers seems to bear this
silliness out because a search on "binaries" shows over 1500 NGs
available and incredibly, a seemingly unlikely place to find child porn,
alt.sex.binaries.erotica.teens, shows as available. I don't know what
is there as I have no interest whatsoever in seeing what's posted.

IAC, if anyone is interested - er, Tim/T-Bone - in "creating" something
like alt.flyfishing.pictures.binaries, I'll request that it will be
added.

TC,
R