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Yes but when people start creating accounts to post CSAM it doesn't leave us much choice.
Seems like a pretty important detail. Why didn't you mention it in the body?
Because they're not trying to make a big deal about how easily CSAM spread throughout federated instances making all hosts possibly legally liable. Instances in the US are probably ok, due to various laws like safe harbor for platform providers but with instances all over the world, they all have their own laws to contend with and many never expected this
It’s really not that hard to connect the dots… Unless you’re trying to impose a question for the sake of
It's about transparency for me. The admins claim to care about it and users praise them for it, but to me it seems like they're doing the bare minimum informing us about changes we are about to notice. Reminds me of corporations writing statements trying to sweep things under the carpet. You and I might realise what it's all about, but many users without the context won't.
That's not what I want Lemmy to be. I want to feel included as a part of the community. I'm doing what I think I can to help it all go in the right direction
Understand the issue with transparency. It's just a very sensitive topic all around. And it sucks it is happening. I am not realizing as well a very important threat that exists in unmoderated federation.