{"id":88281,"date":"1999-12-31T00:09:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/telstra-porn-kings-no-more\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:09:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:09:00","slug":"telstra-porn-kings-no-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/telstra-porn-kings-no-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Telstra: Porn Kings No More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Porn gets the chop at blue telco after a customer backlash against its CEO.<\/p>\n<table style=\"\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"0\" align=\"Right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"300\" width=\"300\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/articleimages\/201204270408474f79d.jpg', 'foo', 'width=400, height=445, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes');\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/articleimages\/201204270408474f79d_300x300.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>Forget dirty porn, look at all the happy cuddly movies on Telstra. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Telstra customers c<a href=\"%20%20%20%20Net%20sales%20are%20expected%20to%20be%20between%20$11.9%20billion%20and%20$13.3%20billion,%20or%20to%20grow%20between%2020%%20and%2034%%20compared%20with%20second%20quarter%202011.%20%20%20%20%20Operating%20income%20%28loss%29%20is%20expected%20to%20be%20between%20$%28260%29%20million%20and%20$40%20million,%20or%20between%20229%%20decline%20and%2080%%20decline%20compared%20with%20second%20quarter%202011.%20%20%20%20%20This%20guidance%20includes%20approximately%20$260%20million%20for%20stock-based%20compensation%20and%20amortization%20of%20intangible%20assets,%20and%20it%20assumes,%20among%20other%20things,%20that%20no%20additional%20business%20acquisitions%20or%20investments%20are%20concluded%20and%20that%20there%20are%20no%20further%20revisions%20to%20stock-based%20compensation%20estimates.\">an no longer get their kicks off BigPond porno content<\/a> after CEO David Thodey gave it the chop, this week.<\/p>\n<p>In a Telstra staff newsletter seen by <a href=\"http:\/\/breadandjustice.com\/2012\/04\/23\/why-telstra-deserves-a-trophy\/\">Bread And Justice<\/a>, Thodey announced the move saying: &#8220;We have decided that we will no longer promote access to adult-orientated content through our websites.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This was on the back of complaints from appalled customers who &#8220;thought we shouldn&#8217;t promote adult-orientated movies or videos that objectify women.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>These adult titles on offer from the blue telco included titles like &#8216;Dirty Housewife&#8217; and &#8216;Hot Asian Gets Wet&#8217;, have been available for the past 6-7 years. <\/p>\n<p>And &#8220;I have to agree&#8221; with angry customers who mailed the Telstra boss their thoughts on the issue, he declared, despite the fact he have been well aware BigPond was flogging soft porn for yonks.<\/p>\n<p>Telstra is a cuddly, caring family company and &#8221; is just not the Telstra thing to do&#8221; to sell such salacious content, he added. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are owned by more than a million Australian families, many of our customers are Australian families and family businesses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thodey also cited his telco&#8217;s support of pro women initiatives such as Telstra Business Women&#8217;s Awards and added &#8220;and we cannot support anything that is sexist or that is inconsistent with our values.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Telstra always insisted its content was mild compared to hardcore porn sites and that it was merely offering a wide spectrum of content to suit consumer demand to its 13m plus mobile users, something which Thodey reiterated in the latest staff bulletin.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The content accessible via BigPond is mild compared to what&#8217;s available on the Internet.&nbsp; None of it had an &#8216;R&#8217; rating. 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