LemmyWorld forced to close shitposting community due to CSAM spammers
LemmyWorld forced to close shitposting community due to CSAM spammers
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 k...
They also shut down registration
Whoever is spamming CP deserves the woodchipper
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The fact that some of you are putting the blame on instance owners/moderators is just showing that you have about the same amount of brain rot as the people actually posting this vile trash
Right. This is a community effort, and it's important we support our instances and figure out how to best keep them safe.
Honestly, my first thoughts were that reddit had probably funded some blackhats to sabotage shit because they're still salty. Then, they could have it reported.
Go outside and touch the very first grass you see
Ignore these people telling you that you're being too paranoid. I assumed the same about the series of DDoS attacks that lemmy.world experienced in the last few months. Reddit admins trying to undercut lemmy's growing popularity "by any means necessary" is perfectly logical. DDoS followed by content attacks even follows Reddit's own struggles over the years.
It's okay. Thank you for the support. They seemed quick to complain and kinda organized to be this deep in some obscure comment thread.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_lady_doth_protest_too_much,_methinks
And, agreed about the DDoS attacks.
The comment was more about inspiring a pro-fediverse angle, in any case. Imagine defending reddit, here of all places.