Hello everyone,

We unfortunately have to close the !lemmyshitpost community for the time being. We have been fighting the CSAM (Child Sexual Assault Material) posts all day but there is nothing we can do because they will just post from another instance since we changed our registration policy.

We keep working on a solution, we have a few things in the works but that won’t help us now.

Thank you for your understanding and apologies to our users, moderators and admins of other instances who had to deal with this.

Edit: @[email protected] the moderator of the affected community made a post apologizing for what happened. But this could not be stopped even with 10 moderators. And if it wasn’t his community it would have been another one. And it is clear this could happen on any instance.

But we will not give up. We are lucky to have a very dedicated team and we can hopefully make an announcement about what’s next very soon.

Edit 2: removed that bit about the moderator tools. That came out a bit harsher than how we meant it. It’s been a long day and having to deal with this kind of stuff got some of us a bit salty to say the least. Remember we also had to deal with people posting scat not too long ago so this isn’t the first time we felt helpless. Anyway, I hope we can announce something more positive soon.

    • @Touching_Grass
      18•8 months ago

      I’m not saying anybody takes csam less serious. But I wish the American government Went after minor csam events as much as they go after copyright/IP violations. Its not like mike pompeo flew out to other countries to strong arm them into new laws to prevent csam like they have done with pirates who threatened Hollywood profits

      • @jarfil
        8•8 months ago

        I wish the American government Went after minor csam events as much as they go after copyright/IP violations.

        Easy: claim copyright/IP on the CSAM… uh, no, wait…

        • @jarfil
          11•8 months ago

          There is no CP and no porn in Japan… add some tiny censor bars, and it’s just some wholesome family tentacle fun!

          That one backfired spectacularly.

            • @jarfil
              4•8 months ago

              TIL. Oh well, it probably will keep backfiring as long as Japan insists on having “morality laws” instead of something more objective.

    • @[email protected]
      1•8 months ago

      Yeah there was even that case where a citizen and resident of Mexico was arrested and detained in the US for breaking US law, even tho it technically didn’t apply to them since they were under Mexican sovereignty… Borders mean little to the US