The CSAM spamming happened again, and unfortunately a local user had to witness it and report it.
I myself did not see it, but from what I gather it was basically an innocent looking tiktok video at first glance that would transition into CSAM. Utterly vile.
The content is being reported and admins across lemmy are handling it. I am hopeful this is an isolated incident but what the fuck man. What do we do from here?
The video that I saw today was probably not actual CSAM, although it was meant to look like it. There’s no accounting for how some people get their jollies.
On the one hand, defederating from open-registration instances is prudent. TBH, as an admin, it’s probably what I’d do out of an abundance of caution.
On the other hand, it feels like letting the bastards win. And that rubs my fur backwards.
Ikr! It’s just… ugh.