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1. Miguel Afonso Caetano (remixtures@tldr.nettime.org)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 02:20:28 JST Miguel Afonso Caetano

   #SocialMedia #Mastodon #ContentModeration #CSAM: During a two-day test, researchers at the Stanford Internet Observatory found over 600 pieces of known or suspected child abuse material across some of Mastodon’s most popular networks, according to a report shared exclusively with The Technology 202.

   Researchers reported finding their first piece of content containing child exploitation within about five minutes. They would go on to uncover roughly 2,000 uses of hashtags associated with such material. David Thiel, one of the report’s authors, called it an unprecedented sum.

   “We got more photoDNA hits in a two-day period than we’ve probably had in the entire history of our organization of doing any kind of social media analysis, and it’s not even close,” said Thiel, referring to a technique used to identify pieces of content with unique digital signatures. Mastodon did not return a request for comment."

   https://archive.fo/BEdp5#selection-641.0-693.48

   • mia (mia@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 02:20:23 JST mia

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     @jeff @remixtures
     
     I hope they audit discord next.
   • jaf (jeff@misinformation.wikileaks2.org)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 02:20:24 JST jaf

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     @remixtures omfg lmao, they literally use freak university
     looooooool.
     already filtering all of em
     
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   • jaf (jeff@misinformation.wikileaks2.org)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 02:20:25 JST jaf

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     @remixtures hashtags dont federate so which shit hole server are they using to probe? matsoc? yea matsoc. ngl i am ojkay with being blocked by them, they are a liability.
   • Miguel Afonso Caetano (remixtures@tldr.nettime.org)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 02:20:27 JST Miguel Afonso Caetano

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     "In a new report, Stanford Internet Observatory researchers examine issues with combating child sexual exploitation on decentralized social media with new findings and recommendations to address the prevalence of child safety issues on the Fediverse.

     Analysis over a two-day period found 112 matches for known child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in addition to nearly 2,000 posts that used the 20 most common hashtags which indicate the exchange of abuse materials. The researchers reported CSAM matches to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

     The report finds that child safety challenges pose an issue across decentralized social media networks and require a collective response. Current tools for addressing child sexual exploitation and abuse online—such as PhotoDNA and mechanisms for detecting abusive accounts or recidivism—were developed for centrally managed services and must be adapted for the unique architecture of the Fediverse and similar decentralized social media projects."

     https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/io/news/addressing-child-exploitation-federated-social-media

   • djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 02:20:59 JST djsumdog

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     Given new commercial entrants into the Fediverse such as WordPress, Tumblr and Threads, we suggest collaboration among these parties to help bring the trust and safety benefits currently enjoyed by centralized platforms to the wider Fediverse ecosystem.

     I through Wordpress AP plugins barely worked and did Tumblr ever actually add AP support? Threads hasn’t yet either, just talked about it.

   • Machismo (zerglingman@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 02:21:36 JST Machismo

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     @djsumdog @remixtures @jeff Oh, what's that, we need to call WP and tumblr niggers?
   • jaf (jeff@misinformation.wikileaks2.org)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 02:23:05 JST jaf

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     • djsumdog
     @Zerglingman @djsumdog @remixtures only if u want to duddle kids
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