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Working with not entirely modest images

שו”תCategory: HalachaWorking with not entirely modest images
asked 8 years ago

Hello Rabbi
A guy who owns a gym wants me to promote his website.

  1. The gym is mixed, and the dress code is generally immodest.
  2. There are images on his website that are not modest according to Halacha.
  3. In addition, he also works on Shabbat (although the question is relevant even without this clause)

The question is, am I allowed to promote his website when I don’t need to engage with it or see its pictures?
Am I allowed to teach him to promote the site himself?
 
Another similar question, I have a client to whom I provide technical support for a website.
His website is relatively modest and there are no problems with it.
Specifically, he asks me to upload an image to one of the pages on the site.
The picture is not modest. Is it permissible to do this?


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מיכי Staff answered 8 years ago
Hello Ophir. I think that if you yourself upload it to the site – there is a reason to ban it (although this is a bit of a stretch, as the internet is full of much worse images for those who are looking for them. The problem is with those who are only looking for a gym and will come across this unwillingly). But if you build the platform and teach him to upload things to the site or promote the site, it is permissible, since he does what he decides based on his own considerations. This is not a site whose purpose is explicitly prohibited, like a pornography site or something like that, where there would be room for prohibiting even indirect assistance (although if you don’t do it, others will). Here you are assisting a legitimate site and it is his decision what to do with it.

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אופיר replied 8 years ago

Thank you very much,

I didn't understand if I am allowed to promote the site, or just teach it how to promote?

מיכי Staff replied 8 years ago

Uploading a picture is problematic, and I would avoid it. Even in promoting the site, it's better to teach it, but if there's no choice, it seems easier to me.

ofir290 replied 8 years ago

Thank you very much!

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