Sorry for the short post, I'm not able to make it nice with full context at the moment, but I want to quickly get this announcement out to prevent confusion:

Unfortunately, people are uploading child sexual abuse images on some instances (apparently as a form of attack against Lemmy). I am taking some steps to prevent such content from making it onto lemm.ee servers. As one preventative measure, I am disabling all image uploads on lemm.ee until further notice - this is to ensure that lemm.ee can not be used as gateway to spread CSAM into the network.

It will not possible to upload any new avatars or banners while this limit is in effect.

I'm really sorry for the disruption, it's a necessary trade-off for now until we figure out the way forward.

  • TomboyShulk [she/her]A
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    10 months ago

    If a single hexbear user is participating in this (which I sincerely doubt, and honestly refuse to lend any bit credence towards, and yet I indulge this fantastical hypothetical nonetheless) they will immediately be site-banned for 1984 years. CSAM is reprehensible and is not tolerated. I truly doubt this is the case. If Hexbear is occupying this kind of space in your brain, I would wholeheartedly recommend you logout-lemmy and meet some people.

    • AeroLemming@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      I don't know what the Hexbears would have to gain from attacking lemm.ee. It's one of the mainstream instances that hasn't defederated from Hexbear, so there also wouldn't be anything to retaliate against unless I'm missing some news.

        • pisstoria [he/him]
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          10 months ago

          While we might seem annoying, I don't think a community that consistently uses content warnings for text posts is the right place to look if you're trying to find the kinds of people who would post that kind of imagery en masse.

          • chickentendrils [any, comrade/them]
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            10 months ago

            been using it since chapo dot chat and I haven't felt as nuts since using reddit years ago, as I have since federation was implemented

            it isnt even like they have to visit a whole ass other site, it just shows up inline with everything else

            • PeoplesRepublicOfNewEngland [he/him]
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              10 months ago

              Every time I see a lemmeee.eeeee thread I feel gross and no amount of scrubbing my skin off in the shower seems to help

              It's gotten so bad I even reply here it's awful

        • BeamBrain [he/him]
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          10 months ago

          "I bet Hexbear did this"

          "Why would Hexbear do this"

          "I don't understand how Hexbear thinks"

          Then why are you speculating about what we would and wouldn't do

        • HornyOnMain
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          10 months ago

          We've literally had people get site wide bans for failing to CW non vegan food before, the idea of anyone here posting CP to "own the libs" or something is so alien to the site culture and so fucking awful that the ideas completely out of question

          Especially when there are actual Lemmy instances federated with lemm.ee that are /pol/ adjacent where they do actually have a site culture of posting disgusting stuff like that

        • Egon [they/them]
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          10 months ago

          So someone takes the time to write out a civil and thought out response, and this is how you choose to react? pathetic
          You're crying about being insulted, yet you fail to see how your yourself instigate these interactions. You're a snivelling little baby