Mastodawn

Cameron MacLeod Jul 24, 2023

🧵 1/5 If you've seen a headline about Mastodon & child abuse material (yikes!), some comments:

1. Mastodon is just software, not a company or a place, so this is like saying 'lots of child abusers use MS Office'
2. These sites appear in many blocklists and the admins of many Mastodon servers block them, so that crap never travels to your neighbourhood.
3. This is primarily in Japan.
4. Still bad, moderation and blocking are important areas to build up.

Link to article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/24/twitter-rival-mastodon-rife-with-child-abuse-material-study-finds/

Twitter rival Mastodon rife with child-abuse material, study finds

The report raises safety questions about alternative social media sites.

The Washington Post

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Albert Kinng Jul 25, 2023

@c_9 @Setok Just another article to stop people trying out the platform.

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Kristoffer Lawson

@Albertkinng @c_9 very similar to the types of shock horror articles that went around during the dawn of the Internet. But yes, by the same argument you could write a piece with the title "Mastodon is full of ring-wing Trumpers" (footnote, Truth Social is built on Mastodon). Of course you will find anything on an open and opensource platform. Whether that reflects the experience of the majority is another matter.