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i want to tell the internet a few things about csam\csem material that many of you may not know, and is one of the many reasons why circulating it even in a capacity of “trying to help/raise awareness” is actively harmful. https://twitter.com/lizcourserants/status/1270149402527707137">https://twitter.com/lizcourse...
a large section of my job is investigating this content, reporting offenders to the proper authorities, and overall cleaning the internet of it as best i can. in my professional capacity i have seen a great deal of csam/csem content - not glimpses, but long, scrutinizing looks
i’m not going to be detailed about any of it, but i will tell you two things:
many of the more popular and frequently circulated materials concern the same individual.
the behaviors, communities, and overall climates of people who engage in this are wildly different from fandom
many of the more popular and frequently circulated materials concern the same individual.
the behaviors, communities, and overall climates of people who engage in this are wildly different from fandom
the first point is one of those many reasons to never share the content, no matter your intentions. some of this material is decades old. a subject’s likeness has been shared and reshared so many times that fully stopping it is impossible. every time you share it, you are-
-directly contributing to the endless anguish of a real and horribly wronged human being. when you share it to “raise awareness,” you have no control over who becomes aware of it, and you continue the cycle that is ruining the subject’s life.
not all of the material IS that old. your direct action will affect whether or not their pain is still being seen online ten years from now.
the fandom part, honestly, is less important, save that when you bend yourself out of shape to report and police fictional content as csam/csem, you also directly interfere in the ability of people like me and my team to save real children.
the more you report some fan art of 15 year old anime boys kissing, the less time there is to be spent of saving real children from real harm.
this movement has got to stop. you have to wake up. you are hurting people. you are contributing. stop it.
this movement has got to stop. you have to wake up. you are hurting people. you are contributing. stop it.
