Accounts peddling child abuse content flood some X hashtags as safety partner cuts ties

[demmiblue]

When Elon Musk took over Twitter in 2022, he said that addressing the problem of child sexual abuse material on the platform was his “top priority.” Three years later, the problem appears to be escalating, as anonymous, seemingly automated X accounts flood hashtags with hundreds of posts per hour advertising the sale of the illegal material.

At the same time, Thorn, a California-based nonprofit organization that works with tech companies to provide technology that can detect and address child sexual abuse content, told NBC News that it had terminated its contract with X.

Thorn said that X stopped paying recent invoices for its work, though it declined to provide details about its deal with the company citing legal sensitivities. X said Wednesday that it was moving toward using its own technology to address the spread of child abuse material.

Some of Thorn’s tools are designed to address the very issue that appears to be growing on the platform.

“We recently terminated our contract with X due to nonpayment,” Cassie Coccaro, head of communications at Thorn, told NBC News. “And that was after months and months of outreach, flexibility, trying to make it work. And ultimately we had to stop the contract.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/x-accounts-peddle-child-abuse-musk-material-thorn-cuts-ties-rcna212107

[tanyev]

1. Elon needs to be tested for Trump DNA.

Maybe there’s a connection through Friedrich Trump’s Canadian brothel.

Elon: