MSN'S RULES

MSN Groups uses the rating system of the Recreational Software Advisory Council on the Internet (RSACi) to determine whether a group merits an Adult rating.  This system uses levels from 0 to 4 to rate the following types of content on Web pages: nudity, language, sex, and violence.

If your site will contain discussions, references, or pictures involving the following, please give it an Adult rating:

1. Provocative nudity
2. Expletives, profanities, or hate speech
3. Sexual acts or sex crimes
4. Violence or death to humans or animals

You can learn more about RSACi ratings at www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html

All groups listed in the Adults subcategory (People/Romance/Adults) are automatically assigned an Adult rating.  Before you can change the rating, you must change the subcategory.

MSN Groups reserves the right to change a rating if MSN Groups feels it has been made incorrectly.

The "Mature" rating is meant for sites that do not fit the requirements for an "Adult" rating but are not topic-appropriate for children.  Sites focused on substance abuse recovery, sexual abuse or rape recovery, certain political sites, and adult humor sites all would qualify as "mature."  MSN Groups containing any sexually explicit materials, including cartoons or photographs, must be rated as "Adult" and not as "Mature".

NOTE:  Assigning your group an "Adult" rating does not mean "anything goes".  All MSN Groups must observe the Code of Conduct, even if an item listed above is shown as being part of the RSACi adult