Speaking from experience, they could fix their spam and abuse woes very easily by just closing new signups or restricting it in some way. Simplest would be invite-only (built-in feature of Mastodon), or restrict the signups page based on IP range whitelist/blacklist.
EDIT: Their domain has been reinstated, and they disabled open signups. New registrations now require moderator approval https://pawoo.net/@pawoo_support/111249170584706318
:pawoo: Announcement! Thank you for always using Pawoo. Due to server congestion, new registrations will now require approval by a moderator. Thank you very much for your cooperation.
I’m pretty sure they were complicit in this and were not really trying to fight it.
Actual CSAM on pawoo wasn’t even a problem. It was just spam from feds or scammers.
Absolutely brain-dead speculation based on literally nothing. Complicit in what??? The current owner is a very public figure, so they gain nothing and have everything to lose. It’s just pure incompetence and mismanagement.
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I browse in dark mode for a reason.
Would like to see a yearly mass purge of all CSAM instances.
Why are there people downvoting people commenting about not wanting CSAM?
What does the acronym CSA mean? I’m not native English.
“Child Sexual Abuse Material”. It’s an awkward acronym that’s mostly overtaken “Child Pornography”.
Thanks.
CSAM is Child Sexual Exploitation Material
People prefer using this term over CP because the word “porn” is considered too soft. Porn is generally a consensual, adult medium made with adults for adults. CP is not that, it’s first and foremost harm of a child.
That’s strange to me, because Child Porn sounds revolting to me but CSAM sounds like something I can treat with aspirin.
CSAM is a pretty sterile term so I can see where that feeling comes from.
did i get banned or smth
Japan is very lax over pedophillia.
Nah. They’re lax about loli. Which, as distasteful as it is, does not involve any harm to actual children. They do go after actual CSAM.
They didn’t bother outlawing possession of CP until 2014 https://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/17/world/asia/japan-child-porn-law Distribution was legal right up until 1999
Under the new law, people in possession of child pornography have one year to dispose of it before they risk prosecution.
Very considerate!
Not really, they’re lax about CSAM and didn’t even have laws until 2016-2017. Even then the laws are lax
