Flickr might be banned because Chinese authority to protect children from obscene pictures

When interviewed by the reporter of San Francisco Chronicle, the spokesman of Chinese Embassy in Washington said that "we have never heard of Flickr until the reporter mentioned it. And it is possible for Flickr to be banned because Chinese authority wanted to protect children from obscene pictures." It is learned that since June 1st, some areas and some pages of Flickr could not be accessed. Until June 7th, the home page of Flickr can be logged while the pictures could not be visited at all.