By the start of 2020, we were already spending more time online than ever before. Once the pandemic hit, many of us doubled or even tripled the time we spent on the...
Category: Internet platforms
Twitter’s pedo-populism is a setback for prevention
In October 2020, Twitter released a substantially revamped version of its terms of service on child exploitation. Although most of the changes simply clarify its existing...
CSAM filtering options compared
No
Internet company or website operator wants to allow its platform to
be used to distribute child sexual abuse material (CSAM). But
especially for smaller operators, it...
Parental control apps: ally or adversary?
Chances are, the global pandemic has increased your reliance—and the time you spend—on the internet in myriad ways, from following the latest health news to ordering...
Is it illegal to be a manga fan in America?
In February 2019, Reddit outlawed the "lolicon" and "shotacon" styles of Japanese manga art, by way of a complete ban on sexually suggestive artistic images of anyone "who...
Internet companies alone can’t prevent online harms
As the world hunkers down to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Internet’s ability to keep us in contact with friends, family, colleagues, and the wider world...
Should the Tor network be shut down?
It’s an open secret that the battle against illegal sexual images of minors will never be won through surveillance and censorship, for as long as tools to circumvent...
Facebook and child-spanking fetish groups
Child-spanking fetish groups have managed to find a place on Facebook. On a platform where a bare nipple or buttock is beyond the pale, these spanking groups are not...
Mozilla, DNS-over-HTTPS, and child abuse
Last month, the UK Internet Services Providers’ Association nominated Mozilla as being one of its 2019 internet villains, accusing it of undermining Internet safety...
PayPal fails to shut down Prostasia
Update January 2021: PayPal has recognized its error and re-admitted Prostasia Foundation as a payments customer. This blog post is left for historical...