Yahoo Inc. said Wednesday it will bar chat rooms that promote sex between minors and adults and restrict all chat rooms to users 18 and older.

The changes come under an agreement with New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning.

``This is about protecting kids,'' Bruning said.

Protecting kids my ass. When you completely eliminate kid's ability to use a service you haven't protected them, you've restricted their freedom. You're punishing them for something somebody else might do. Whats even more annoying is that these journalists think that the bigger story is that they banned the sex chat rooms. Its obvious that these attourneys, the journalists, and the readership are all completely oblivious to the idea that teenagers are people who might have fundamental rights that they are infringing in their zeal to protect them. This is the first time I recall seeing Eliot Spitzer do something I felt was over the top.

Yahoo bans all minors from all chat rooms.