The moderator of a yahoo group I belong to spoke of breaking laws, am I breaking a rule by telling authorities

Question

So basically, she's a military dependent and on base you aren't allowed to use child care that isn't licensed by the military and she is looking for someone to watch her kids under the table. I work for the child care program and I told her what she was doing was illegal and she can lose her on base home for doing it. I told her I would be forced to report her to my director and she said "She is telling me NOT to because the group is private and she has the authority to tell me that... blah blah blah. Am I allowed to report her w/o breaking any "rules" of yahoo groups? I just want to know so I can tell her I am not doing anything wrong... she isn't above the military law... LEMME KNOW!!! THANKS :)

Answer 1

Is the reason she isn't using licensed day care because she can't afford it??

This is mainly a moral issue, and there are ways of reporting things without it getting back to the person.

Yahoo Groups tells you not to do anything illegal.  I remember being a military wife and the licensed day cares charged not only per hour, but per child.  Having 3 in licensed day care cost more than I earned!!  We had our friends take care of the kids, and they were retired military.  Our kids called them grandma and grandpa, and we didn't get in trouble, because they wouldn't let us pay them.

Here is a part of the member conduct for yahoo groups. It states you are not to do anything unlawful on the group, or harass anyone.  

What group is this on, by the way?? I am curious.

You agree to not use the Service to:

upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;

harm minors in any way;

Answer 2

You can discuss the military legalities with the director of the military child care facility where you are employed and get factual information that you certainly will not find here on Yahoo Answers.  You could report the owner to Yahoo if these conversations are actually posted on that group's website.  If they are not, Yahoo would not accept heresay as factual enough to reprimand the owner.

You can always unsubscribe from the Yahoo group if there is a difference of opinion between you and the owner.  The owner can ban you from the group if you continue the argument.  She can also delete any messages posted on the group that are related to this exchange of opinions.

Answer 3

read TOS- all groups are also bound by State laws- private group or not, that doesn't matter. ALL groups are bound to TOS and any laws per their State-

keep in mind, people talk and say many things. to report talk is just that and not really a crime until in fact she commits the act.

you made the mistake of warning her of your intentions. you should have kept that to yourself and did what you felt you needed to do- now since you warned this person, they can come up with any excuse, say they were casually talking but not actually intending to do anything of the sort- even if she did delete the threads, copies can be obtained of about anything, however I'm not sure the military would ask Yahoo to gain that information unless it was a major violaition- like murder.

Answer 4

Yahoo has to abide by all applicable laws in each country and if someone who owns or is a member of a group is breaking the law then you are very much able to report it.

Answer 5

Yahoo gorup or no, she isn't above any laws.  She can raise h**l all she wants, if you report her, you are totally in the right, if she loses her home because of this, it's her own fault for trying to find someone to do something illegal.  Go ahead & report her.