SAG and AFTRA Condemn IMDb Revealing Performers' Ages

October 27 – The Hollywood Reporter
By Alex Ben Block

Talks between the guilds and the online database about the site's refusal to delete or change actor and actress ages have broken down.

Ageism is a hot button issue in show business, and one that leading U.S. guilds representing movie and TV actors charge is being aggravated by the publishing policies of the popular IMDb online data base.

The Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA struck out at IMDb and its owner Amazon.com on Thursday, condemning their practice of revealing ages of performers without the actor or actresses' permission -- and then refusing to delete or change it even when that person requests them to do so.

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