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by jacquesm 1593 days ago
No, these companies the people that upload/make the stuff are horrible, the jobs are merely a symptom.

Any company, large or small, that allows uploads of image content without strict identity verification of the uploader is going to be a vehicle for this junk. I had a super popular website in this space, as soon as I figured out what was going on I shut it down, I am of the opinion that it is not possible to run a service like that in a responsible way without causing damage somewhere.

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What if you put in strict identity verification and the uploader is identified but still decided to upload a NSFW or disturbing image?
Then, assuming those kinds of images are against your TOS, then you ban them. This drastically reduces the number of images of that nature that are uploaded not only by ensuring they can't do it again but also by heavily disincentivizing them from doing it in the first place.
Beyond that, if the content they post is illegal, there's a more clear path to prosecution than if the content is posted anonymously.