cross-posted from: https://jamie.moe/post/113630

There have been users spamming CSAM content in [email protected] causing it to federate to other instances. If your instance is subscribed to this community, you should take action to rectify it immediately. I recommend performing a hard delete via command line on the server.

I deleted every image from the past 24 hours personally, using the following command: sudo find /srv/lemmy/example.com/volumes/pictrs/files -type f -ctime -1 -exec shred {} \;

Note: Your local jurisdiction may impose a duty to report or other obligations. Check with these, but always prioritize ensuring that the content does not continue to be served.

Update

Apparently the Lemmy Shitpost community is shut down as of now.

  • jeffw@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It impacts everyone when this shit happens. It takes time for mods/admins to take down. And you can’t unsee it.

    I hope nobody else has the misfortune of stumbling on that shit

    • Bleeping Lobster@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      There have been studies which found playing tetris for an hour or two after seeing something traumatic can prevent it taking root in our longterm memory.

      I tried it once after accidentally clicking a link on reddit that turned out to be gore, I can’t remember exactly what it was now (about 9 months later) so it must have worked

    • thrawn@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yeah you really can’t. I’m pretty desensitized from earlier internet with death and other shock gore content but had managed to avoid CSAM until today. It was a lot worse than I expected, felt my heart drop. Worse, my app autoplays gifs in thumbnail so it kept going while I was reporting it.

      I’ve mostly forgotten and it wasn’t on my mind until I saw this thread (happened less than 24hr ago) but even the slightest reminder is oddly upsetting. Wish I’d thought of the Tetris thing.