• ArugulaZ@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Remember all that nonsense the media was posting about Mastodon being a haven for illegal porn? Almost feels like a smear campaign to defame an up and coming X/Twitter competitor.

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      Most online platforms are susceptible to hosting CSAM and Mastodon deserves to be scrutinized and investigated for it as much as the rest. The problem with a million decentralized instances is a million different people in charge of detecting and eliminating CSAM from their platforms, and it’s going to be a challenge as this platform grows.

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      1 year ago

      Facebook has the most csam of any website, but I hardly ever see the same fear mongering from the media. Odd.

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        they (the anti-porn lobby, such as NCOSE aka Morality in Media, that portrays themselves as being child protection) target the porn sites (even though porn sites do a damn good job of fighting abusive material) because “oh noes porn” while completely ignoring sites like facebook that have way more csam