Important Notice: Regarding Mixi Reform Initiative November 12, 2012 (Monday)
In order to provide our users a safe environment for interaction, we at the social networking site "mixi" are cooperating with the relevant authorities to provide a safer and more wholesome experience for you all via human and automatic patrolling, zoning of younger users, and educational/public awareness activities.
It is one of our goals to help protect younger mixi users and in order to provide them an environment that is safe to use, we have made some changes concerning mixi's "messaging" function. With regards to "Clause 14: Prohibited Items (8) 'Use of the service to engage in meet-ups with strangers of the opposite sex'" of mixi's user's license agreement, the system will automatically select and scan messages that may violate this clause, using information such as inter-user relationship and other attributes (e.g: "are these two users friends" and "age.")
We have received several questions about the checking of our message function and we will answer them here.
Q. Will all messages be scanned?
As stated above, not all messages will necessarily be scanned. We are only checking for messages that may violate "Clause 14: Prohibited items (8) 'Use of the service to engage in meet-ups with strangers of the opposite sex'" of mixi's user's license agreement. In addition, the system will automatically select and scan messages that may violate this clause, using information such as inter-user relationship and other attributes (e.g: "are these two users friends" and "age.")
Q. If I attempt to use mixi to exchange contact information again with someone I already know, will the message be deleted?
In cases that do not fall under "use of the service to meet with strangers of the opposite sex," we will not delete the message. However, outside of that clause, there are other infractions which are grounds for deletion which include drug dealing and other illegal activity. If there are users that have had messages deleted even if they do not match any of the above categories, we are terribly sorry for the inconvenience, but please contact us by filling out a question and concern form.
Q. Will my account be suspended if I engage in such message exchanges?
We will only suspend users who frequently send messages which violate the clauses mentioned.
From here on, we will be enforcing our reform initiative in order to provide a safe experience not only for our younger users but for all of our users.