{"id":1987236,"date":"2023-07-31T19:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T23:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-social-media-platform-mastodon-has-child-abuse-problem-says-researchers\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T19:32:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T23:32:00","slug":"leftist-social-media-platform-mastodon-has-child-abuse-problem-says-researchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-social-media-platform-mastodon-has-child-abuse-problem-says-researchers\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers claim that Mastodon, a leftist social media platform, has a child abuse issue."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleftist-social-media-platform-mastodon-has-child-abuse-problem-says-researchers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1987236&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo\u200b by \u200dJOEL SAGET \/ AFP) (Photo by JOEL SAGET\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/shawntel-smith-hill\">Shawntel Smith-Hill<\/a><br \/>4:24 PM \u2013 \u2062Monday, July 31, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Mastodon, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jack-buckby-apple-and-google-could-destroy-musks-twitter-app-neutrality-is-the-answer\/\" title=\"Jack Buckby: Apple And Google Could Destroy Musk\u2019s Twitter. App Neutrality Is The Answer\">left-leaning social media platform<\/a>, reportedly has a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-social-media-platform-mastodon-has-child-abuse-problem-says-researchers\/\" title=\"Researchers claim that Mastodon, a leftist social media platform, has a child abuse issue.\">massive child sexual abuse material<\/a> (CSAM) problem, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/stacks.stanford.edu\/file\/druid:vb515nd6874\/20230724-fediverse-csam-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">July report<\/a> from Stanford researchers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The platform has gained immense popularity in the last few months as \u200dan\u200c alternative to other free speech\u2063 sites, like Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Enthusiasm for the new platform exploded back in 2017\u200b and\u200d has seen a resurgence in recent months, particularly among left-leaning individuals who have been unhappy with Elon Musk\u2019s recent changes\u200b to Twitter, now \u2062called \u201cX.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Reports \u2064from TechCrunch indicated \u2064Mastodon has seen nearly 2.1 \u2062million new \u2064users\u200c join \u200bin \u200cthe past couple months.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers at the\u2064 Stanford Internet Observatory \u200dconducted 2-day tests and found over 600 pieces of \u2064confirmed or suspected child abuse material throughout Mastodon\u2019s algorithm.<\/p>\n<p>In a review of 325,000 posts and in only five minutes, researchers reportedly found 2,000 examples of CSAM-related \u200chashtags. Researchers reported that a\u2064 vast amount of the flagged material\u2064 was reportedly circulating through Japanese networks, which have been known to have \u201csignificantly more lax laws\u201d in regards to their content.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the reason cited for such a large \u2064sum of CSAM content has been linked to the fact that, unlike most centralized platforms\u2064 that control moderation of \u2064content on a large-scale network that all users are connected through, Mastodon works as a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-warn-of-censorship-from-radical-new-twitter-ceo-parag-agrawal\/\" title=\"Republicans Warn Of \u2018Censorship\u2019 From \u2018Radical\u2019 New Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal\">decentralized social media platform<\/a> where anyone can set up their own \u201cinstance.\u201d The server administrator then takes on the responsibility\u2063 to manage content and enforce their rules. Each instance is different and comes with its own set of rules, which can \u2062vary sharply.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Stanford\u2019s report, \u201cChild \u2063Safety on Federated \u200bSocial Media,\u201d explained how decentralized platforms like \u2064Mastodon \u201coffer\u200d new challenges for\u2064 trust and safety\u201d due to a \u2062lack of a \u201ccentral moderation team\u201d dedicated to \u201cremoving\u2064 imagery \u200dof violence or self-harm, child abuse, hate speech, terrorist propaganda \u200bor \u2064disinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>David Thiel, one\u2062 of\u2063 the report\u2019s authors, stated the findings were \u201can unprecedented sum.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe got\u2062 more photoDNA hits in a two-day\u200b period than we\u2019ve probably had in the entire history of our organization of \u200ddoing any \u2063kind of social media analysis, and it\u2019s not\u2062 even close,\u201d said Thiel.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWhile \u200bMastodon allows user reports and has moderator tools to \u200dreview them, it has \u2062no built-in mechanism to\u200c report CSAM to \u2062the relevant child safety organizations,\u201d the\u200c study stated. \u201cBad\u200d actors tend to go to\u2064 the platform with\u200b the most \u200clax moderation\u2062 and\u2063 enforcement policies.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For years now, concerns over content \u200bmoderation and safety \u2064on\u2063 social media \u2062platforms have been on the \u200dminds of policymakers, who have urged platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and\u2063 Twitter to further ensure that CSAM content does not make it online.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Social media platform Mastodon\u2014popular among left-wing \u201cjournalists\u201d\u2014is rife with child \u200bsexual abuse material, \u200baccording to \u2063the\u200b Washington Post. Mastodon gained\u2062 significant \u200dadoption last year in the wake of Elon Musk\u2019s purchase of Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers at the Stanford Internet\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6zGotn5Grd\">pic.twitter.com\/6zGotn5Grd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Julia \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Jules31415) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jules31415\/status\/1685842909705154560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. 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