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yellowcanine

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Mon Aug 16, 2021, 04:08 PM Aug 2021

Jason Miller's Gettr platform hosts child exploitation images.

https://www.rawstory.com/gettr-scandal/

In the latest scandal to hit fledgling Gettr, users of the new pro-Trump social media platform have been allowed to share child-exploitation images.

"New research from the Stanford Internet Observatory's Cyber Policy Center has laid bare the dangers of the platform's almost complete lack of moderation and identified more than a dozen child abuse images being shared by Gettr users," Vice News reported Monday.

David Thiel, one of the authors of the report, wrote on Twitter: "This, frankly, is just reckless. You cannot run a social media site, particularly one targeted to include content forbidden from mainstream platforms, solely with voluntary flagging."

However, Gettr is apparently relying instead on users to report images. And, not surprisingly, this system isn't working, as Thiel and fellow researchers found 16 child-exploitation matches from the PhotoDNA database among images uploaded to Gettr.


Where is Qanon on this?
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Jason Miller's Gettr platform hosts child exploitation images. (Original Post) yellowcanine Aug 2021 OP
Qanon? Too busy enjoying the images. TreasonousBastard Aug 2021 #1
Locked in the bathroom 'til Thursday....... nt Mopar151 Aug 2021 #2
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