Twitter sued for allegedly refusing to remove child porn
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Re: Twitter sued for allegedly refusing to remove child porn
#2The victim actually took steps to have content removed and Twitter failed to do so (initially). I wonder if payment vendors will give Twitter the "Pornhub treatment" and de-platform their access to financial services.
> Finally on Jan. 28, Twitter replied to Doe and said they wouldn’t be taking down the material, which had already racked up over 167,000 views and 2,223 retweets, the suit states.
> “Thanks for reaching out. We’ve reviewed the content, and didn’t find a violation of our policies, so no action will be taken at this time,” the response reads, according to the lawsuit.
Re: Twitter sued for allegedly refusing to remove child porn
#3This all sounds reasonable to me. Seems like the victim's first recourse should be through the Law not Twitter.
>but the tech giant failed to do anything about it until a federal law enforcement officer got involved, the suit states.
>A support agent followed up and asked for a copy of Doe’s ID so they could prove it was him and after the teen complied, there was no response for a week, the family claims.
>Only after this take-down demand from a federal agent did Twitter suspend the user accounts that were distributing the CSAM and report the CSAM to the National Center on Missing and Exploited Children,” states the suit, filed by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation and two law firms.
EDIT: Here is the timeline as far as I can tell.
Dec 25, 2019: John Doe Becomes aware of Content on Twitter
january 2020: John Doe and Fam: Report Content for Breaking Twitter Policies.
January 28,2020: Twitter doesn't think the content breaks its policies
January 30, 2020: Law Enforcement contacts Twitter to Remove the Content. Content is removed.
Re: Twitter sued for allegedly refusing to remove child porn
#4The victim actually took steps to have content removed and Twitter failed to do so (initially). I wonder if payment vendors will give Twitter the "Pornhub treatment" and de-platform their access to financial services. > Finally on Jan. 28, Twitter replied to Doe and said they wouldn’t be taking down the material, which had already racked up over 167,000 views and 2,223 retweets, the suit states. > “Thanks for reachin…
Unfortunately, mainstream media won't pick on it, nor will the story gain traction because it is published in the NY Post. (if it is true)
Edit:- to the folks down voting me, please show me some major outlets (NYT, BBC, etc) reporting on this. As far as we are concerned, this kind of stuff should be news.
Re: Twitter sued for allegedly refusing to remove child porn
#5During all the recent debates regarding Parler, much was said about how Parler needed effective moderation like Twitter. This article is an important reminder that there is a lot more room for improvement in the moderation space and even companies that "do it right" are still making glaring mistakes.
> We’ve reviewed the content, and didn’t find a violation of our policies, so no action will be taken at this time
This is totally unacceptable. I wonder if there is some kind of legal liability that could apply here? Taken at face value, this message seems to indicate that a Twitter representative reviewed content and chose to not remove it which sounds a lot to me like knowingly and willfully distributing cp....
(edited to fix spelling of "Parler")
Re: Twitter sued for allegedly refusing to remove child porn
#6I've had this happen to me on Facebook. Found a disgusting video involving children, reported it, got a response that there's nothing wrong with it. It's like the people reviewing this stuff have only a second to decide if the content should be deleted.
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#7There is still plenty of Hunter Biden child porn on twitter too.
Why hasn't Hunter Biden been arrested yet? (cause his dad is the president)
Why hasn't Jack Dorsey been arrested yet for lying under oath?
Re: Twitter sued for allegedly refusing to remove child porn
#8This all sounds reasonable to me. Seems like the victim's first recourse should be through the Law not Twitter. >but the tech giant failed to do anything about it until a federal law enforcement officer got involved, the suit states. >A support agent followed up and asked for a copy of Doe’s ID so they could prove it was him and after the teen complied, there was no response for a week, the family claims. >Only after…
I am confused. What part of "We’ve reviewed the content, and didn’t find a violation of our policies, so no action will be taken at this time" seems reasonable? Personally this kind of content moderation seems to be the most important and it is absurd that Twitter should wait to remove this content until they are contacted by law enforcement.
Certainly the best thing might have been a "both/and" approach where the victim contacts both Twitter and law enforcement without waiting to hear back from either. But, contacting Twitter directly should be the fasted way to get cp removed from their platform....
Re: Twitter sued for allegedly refusing to remove child porn
#9There is still plenty of Hunter Biden child porn on twitter too. Why hasn't Hunter Biden been arrested yet? (cause his dad is the president) Why hasn't Jack Dorsey been arrested yet for lying under oath?
why are you downvoting? Cause there is plenty of evidence of blue team's son RAPING CHILDREN!!!!!
Re: Twitter sued for allegedly refusing to remove child porn
#10There is still plenty of Hunter Biden child porn on twitter too. Why hasn't Hunter Biden been arrested yet? (cause his dad is the president) Why hasn't Jack Dorsey been arrested yet for lying under oath?
Mods please