The Fediverse, a decentralized social network with interconnected spaces that are each independently managed with unique rules and cultural norms, has seen a surge in popularity. Decentralization h...
Not the best news in this report. We need to find ways to do more.
The study doesn’t compare their findings to any other platform, so we can’t really tell if those numbers are good or bad. They just state the absolute numbers, without really going into to much detail about their searching process. So no, you can’t draw the conclusion that the Fediverse has a CSAM problem, at least not from this study.
Of course that makes you wonder why they bothered to publish such a lackluster and alarmistic study.
Yes, but this is about comparison, not absolute numbers. You don’t need a study to know that there will be some CSAM on the Fediverse. This is about whether using the Fediverse could make things worse, and the study doesn’t answer that question.
Its not our responsibility. As long as moderators are reporting it as they come across it and the fbi is looking into it then what more can be done? Google, Twitter, discord, Instagram, reddit have 10000x the amount of csam.
The study doesn’t compare their findings to any other platform, so we can’t really tell if those numbers are good or bad. They just state the absolute numbers, without really going into to much detail about their searching process. So no, you can’t draw the conclusion that the Fediverse has a CSAM problem, at least not from this study.
Of course that makes you wonder why they bothered to publish such a lackluster and alarmistic study.
Pretty sure any quantity of CSAM that isnt zero is bad…
Yes, but this is about comparison, not absolute numbers. You don’t need a study to know that there will be some CSAM on the Fediverse. This is about whether using the Fediverse could make things worse, and the study doesn’t answer that question.
Its not our responsibility. As long as moderators are reporting it as they come across it and the fbi is looking into it then what more can be done? Google, Twitter, discord, Instagram, reddit have 10000x the amount of csam.