Cont: Musk buys Twitter II

[johnny karate]

You do not want to be seeing evidence of this claim. You do not want to be soliciting evidence for this claim. Evidence for this claim would be highly illegal to be in possession of.

I’m not asking for that kind of evidence. But surely there would be reporting on this phenomenon like we’ve seen with Twitter. That’s the evidence I want to see.

 

[Darat]

You do not want to be seeing evidence of this claim. You do not want to be soliciting evidence for this claim. Evidence for this claim would be highly illegal to be in possession of.

Yeah please anyone in a country with laws against CSAM don't try to see if you can find such material. If your country is like mine - the UK - it's a "strict liability" law, your intent in finding such material is no defence.

 

[Darat]

I’m not asking for that kind of evidence. But surely there would be reporting on this phenomenon like we’ve seen with Twitter. That’s the evidence I want to see.

Ah right.

Prior to X producing and distributing CSAM on the WWW most CSAM was found on the dark net and private spaces so none of that would ever show up in the likes of a Google search.

 

[dirtywick]

it’s also not being produced and hosted by software developed by google so the comparison falls flat on a few levels. there is no analogous comparison imo

 

[Darat]

I agree. And I've been disgusted with the regulators throughout the so-called developed countries. As soon as this came to light X should have been banned until they fixed the problem and the board prosecuted since as shown by Musk's attitude and comments they initially were not going to do anything about it once they knew about it.

 

[steenkh]

I agree. And I've been disgusted with the regulators throughout the so-called developed countries. As soon as this came to light X should have been banned until they fixed the problem and the board prosecuted since as shown by Musk's attitude and comments they initially were not going to do anything about it once they knew about it.

If they still insist on only removing "spicy mode" in areas where it is not banned, then they are still not doing anything about it.

 

[jeremyp]

I’m not asking for that kind of evidence. But surely there would be reporting on this phenomenon like we’ve seen with Twitter. That’s the evidence I want to see.

Google Transparency Report

transparencyreport.google.com

In case it is not obvious from the link, it is to Google's own statement about CSAM, not a search for CSAM(!). They acknowledge that it does happen occasionally and they outline the steps they take to detect it and report it.

 

[johnny karate]

Google Transparency Report

transparencyreport.google.com

In case it is not obvious from the link, it is to Google's own statement about CSAM, not a search for CSAM(!). They acknowledge that it does happen occasionally and they outline the steps they take to detect it and report it.

Please quote the part that says a Google search could show a user pictures of real children being really abused if they are not careful. I’m not seeing anything that says that.

 

[arthwollipot]

MAGA Is Discovering the Downsides of X (Politico, 18 January 2026)

When Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022 promising to end “woke” censorship and transform the platform into a right-leaning haven of free speech, conservatives almost universally rejoiced. The right’s expectations for the Musk-era platform were sky-high: Many predicted that it would end the liberal media’s supposed stranglehold on information. Others hailed it as an epochal moment in the history of American conservatism.

Three years later, Musk’s control of the platform, now re-branded as “X,” has delivered its fair share of benefits for conservatives — not least of which was Musk’s successful full-court press to elect Donald Trump in 2024. But as the elite echelons of the MAGA movement slowly descend into obscure online disagreements and testy turf wars between rival influencers, conservatives are starting to confront an unpleasant possibility: that the right’s domination of X is doing more to divide the MAGA movement than unite it.

 

[Wudang]

Same issue as Brexiters - they are united by all the things they (think they should) hate and are an angry about. As soon as you ask about things will work it all falls apart.