Mastodon’s decentralized social network has a major CSAM problem
Mastodon has gained popularity over the past year as Twitter users looked for alternatives following Elon Musk’s . Part of its appeal is its decentralized nature that insulates it against the whims of billionaires who speak before they think. Unsurprisingly, though, what makes it so appealing has also proven to be a headache, making content moderation all but impossible.
found 112 matches of known child sexual abuse material (CSAM) over a two-day period, with almost 2,000 posts using common hashtags related to abusive…