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by ta1234567890 2631 days ago
This is really interesting. Did you know that child porn is legally a very special case that makes sites liable for hosting the content?

This is because somehow as a society we decided that child porn is so bad, that there are no excuses to providing any resources for it.

All companies need to make sure that no child porn is posted on their sites, or if it is, then it's taken down immediately and reported to the proper authorities. Failure to do that will get sites blocked by their ISPs, or any of their tech providers if they detect it first (which usually happens within hours or even minutes).

Politics aside, technically, all large enough sites (which allow users to post content) already have the resources and processes in place to monitor and filter all their content. And they are making a conscious decision about what they filter.