Twitter cuts off API access to academics who noticed CSAM being posted

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Post by secalex » Mon, Jun 05, 2023, 2:40 PM UTC

Twitter cuts off API access to academics who noticed CSAM being posted
wsj.com

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#2

Post by mikece » Mon, Jun 05, 2023, 2:42 PM UTC

Alternate link: https://archive.is/jKOpl

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#3

Post by goodSteveramos » Mon, Jun 05, 2023, 3:09 PM UTC

Seems like things are returning to normal on Twitter. Maybe the Ad revenue will return next.

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Post by flangola7 » Mon, Jun 05, 2023, 3:22 PM UTC

goodSteveramos wrote: post #3

Seems like things are returning to normal on Twitter. Maybe the Ad revenue will return next.

Returning to normal? What do you mean?

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Post by genmud » Mon, Jun 05, 2023, 7:11 PM UTC

goodSteveramos wrote: post #3

Seems like things are returning to normal on Twitter. Maybe the Ad revenue will return next.

I genuinely can't tell if you are joking or really dumb.

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Post by FateOfNations » Tue, Jun 06, 2023, 1:59 AM UTC

flangola7 wrote: post #4

goodSteveramos wrote: post #3

Seems like things are returning to normal on Twitter. Maybe the Ad revenue will return next.

Returning to normal? What do you mean?

Twitter has never been particularly good at catching illegal material.

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Post by jeegsy » Tue, Jun 06, 2023, 2:03 AM UTC

This is a very odd framing of the matter. Here, the invocation of CSAM is like some sort of stun spell.

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Post by flangola7 » Tue, Jun 06, 2023, 5:21 AM UTC

jeegsy wrote: post #7

This is a very odd framing of the matter. Here, the invocation of CSAM is like some sort of stun spell.

I have no idea what you're trying to say. What is a "stun spell?"

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Post by jeegsy » Thu, Jun 08, 2023, 11:02 AM UTC

flangola7 wrote: post #8

jeegsy wrote: post #7

This is a very odd framing of the matter. Here, the invocation of CSAM is like some sort of stun spell.

I have no idea what you're trying to say. What is a "stun spell?"

If you are outraged (as you should be), you are unlikely to be thinking as effectively. Hence, the 'stun'.