Mastodawn

sunaurus Aug 28, 2023

Image uploads are now disabled on lemm.ee due to malicious users

Image uploads are now disabled on lemm.ee due to malicious users - lemm.ee

Sorry for the short post, I’m not able to make it nice with full context at the moment, but I want to quickly get this announcement out to prevent confusion: Unfortunately, people are uploading child sexual abuse images on some instances [https://lemm.ee/post/5802229] (apparently as a form of attack against Lemmy). I am taking some steps to prevent such content from making it onto lemm.ee [http://lemm.ee] servers. As one preventative measure, I am disabling all image uploads on lemm.ee [http://lemm.ee] until further notice - this is to ensure that lemm.ee [http://lemm.ee] can not be used as gateway to spread CSAM into the network. It will not possible to upload any new avatars or banners while this limit is in effect. I’m really sorry for the disruption, it’s a necessary trade-off for now until we figure out the way forward.

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randint Aug 29, 2023

It’s honestly sad that some well-intentioned laws can be used to attack online platforms.

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Throwaway Aug 29, 2023

I kinda wonder though, how would go about making a law against cp but doesn’t hurt small sites like lemm.ee?

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PM_Your_Nudes_Please Aug 29, 2023

The issue is that you really can’t. The laws are written specifically to prevent plausible deniability. Because pedos would be able to go “lol a troll sent it to me” and create some doubt in a jury. Remember that (at least in America) the threshold for conviction is supposed to be “beyond a reasonable doubt.” So all the pedos would need to do is create reasonable doubt, by arguing that they never intended to view/own the CSAM.

So instead, the laws are written to close that loophole. It doesn’t matter why you have the CSAM. All that matters is you have it. The feds/courts won’t give a fuck if it was due to you seeking it out or if it was due to a bad actor sending it to you.

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AeroLemming Aug 29, 2023

How is that not extremely problematic? What stops someone from using Tor and a bunch of dummy accounts to send CSAM to someone else and get them arrested?

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PM_Your_Nudes_Please

And that’s pretty much where we are now. Bad actors creating bot accounts on multiple instances, to spam the larger (most popular) instances with CSAM.