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Pawoo, a Japanese Mastadon instance on the Fediverse notoriously bad about moderating CSAM, has been taken down. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by hal_5700X@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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[–] petunia@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Speaking from experience, they could fix their spam and abuse woes very easily by just closing new signups or restricting it in some way. Simplest would be invite-only (built-in feature of Mastodon), or restrict the signups page based on IP range whitelist/blacklist.

EDIT: Their domain has been reinstated, and they disabled open signups. New registrations now require moderator approval https://pawoo.net/@pawoo_support/111249170584706318

:pawoo: Announcement! Thank you for always using Pawoo. Due to server congestion, new registrations will now require approval by a moderator. Thank you very much for your cooperation.

[–] Furball@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m pretty sure they were complicit in this and were not really trying to fight it.

[–] Solarius@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 1 year ago

Actual CSAM on pawoo wasn't even a problem. It was just spam from feds or scammers.

[–] petunia@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Absolutely brain-dead speculation based on literally nothing. Complicit in what??? The current owner is a very public figure, so they gain nothing and have everything to lose. It's just pure incompetence and mismanagement.

[–] IamRoot@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

I browse in dark mode for a reason.

[–] Zealousideal_Fox_900@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

Would like to see a yearly mass purge of all CSAM instances.

[–] dameoutlaw@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Why are there people downvoting people commenting about not wanting CSAM?

[–] Darkhoof@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What does the acronym CSA mean? I'm not native English.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Child Sexual Abuse Material". It's an awkward acronym that's mostly overtaken "Child Pornography".

[–] Darkhoof@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks.

[–] endhits@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

CSAM is Child Sexual Exploitation Material

People prefer using this term over CP because the word "porn" is considered too soft. Porn is generally a consensual, adult medium made with adults for adults. CP is not that, it's first and foremost harm of a child.

[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's strange to me, because Child Porn sounds revolting to me but CSAM sounds like something I can treat with aspirin.

[–] endhits@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

CSAM is a pretty sterile term so I can see where that feeling comes from.

[–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

did i get banned or smth