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A user on our instance reported a post on lemmynsfw as CSAM. Upon seeing the post, I looked at the community it was part of, and immediately purged all traces of that community from our instance.

I approached the admins of lemmynsfw and they assured me that the models with content in the community were all verified as being over 18. The fact that the community is explicitly focused on making the models appear as if they're not 18 was fine with them. The fact that both myself and one a member of this instance assumed it was CSAM, was fine with them. I was in fact told that I was body shaming.

I'm sorry for the lack of warning, but a community skirting the line trying to look like CSAM isn't a line I'm willing to walk. I have defederated lemmynsfw and won't be reinstating it whilst that community is active.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

I think it's a great idea. Ada you're doing great by us and we appreciate you!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

FYI it's not directly related but there was a story in the Washington Post today about Twitter rival Mastodon rife with child-abuse material, study finds ... of course 90% of it came from a large Japanese site (presumably pawoo) but they also mentioned some originating on big mainstream sites; and some sites don't block pawoo, so it's potentially in their federated timelines. Here's the underlying report, Child Safety on Federated Social Media

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

@ada That first warning on which instance this post apply to is greatly appreciated. I wish to see it more often on single instance related posts

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I am very disheartened by the number of people replying here who read “a community skirting the line trying to look like CSAM” and felt the need to go purposefully seek out that community to look through its images.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

I support this decision.

Thanks for looking out for us, Ada. <3

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I appreciate that you waited until you found content that justified defederation. What you're describing doesn't seem that surprising to me based on what I saw.

Also, I'm usually never an early adopter, so it's cool to watch these decisions play out in real time.

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