Researchers found CSAM within five minutes of searching Mastodon.

Mastodon, an alternative social network to Twitter, has a serious problem with child sexual abuse material according to researchers from Stanford University. In just two days, researchers found over 100 instances of known CSAM across over 325,000 posts on Mastodon. The researchers found hundreds of posts containing CSAM related hashtags and links pointing to CSAM trading and grooming of minors. One Mastodon server was even taken down for a period of time due to CSAM being posted. The researchers suggest that decentralized networks like Mastodon need to implement more robust moderation tools and reporting mechanisms to address the prevalence of CSAM.

  •  abhibeckert   ( @abhibeckert@beehaw.org ) 
    2•10 months ago

    I am exactly doubting your suggestion of tax paid donations. I don’t think this will happen, unless we actually come together and try to actually enforce this on the political level in various countries.

    I meant private donations, which are already happening.

    I think tax revenue would be spent on government employees looking over content in search of evidence of crimes/etc, which I’m sure is also already happening. I hope they don’t just look - they should be reporting whatever they find.