U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear bid to sue Reddit over child porn and grooming

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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

This would encourage more surveillance and censorship. You don't want it.

[–]IMissPorn 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Exactly. CP and terrorism are classic wedge issues used to crack down on free speech. (More recently we also got "hate" and "misinformation".) So as much as it'd be fun to see reddit admins squirm, they'd only react by locking down the site even more, and such a precedent would be even worse for small startups who don't have the resources for that kind of censorship.

[–]STRAPONMONKEYDICK 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I am the moderator of a very popular rabbit sub

[–]passionflounder 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It strikes me that there is more than one way to go about addressing Reddit's odd permissiveness- the alternative to lawsuits through a court system seemingly designed to protect bad players and their enablers is to simply embark on a persistent campaign of continuous disclosure through any means that would over time make the name "Reddit" commonly synonymous with predatory grooming and child exploitation to the degree that even having an account with the platform is seen as being in league with child pornography.

"Reddit" needs to be a common pejorative among the masses. THEN there may be sufficient pressure to address the rights and privileges that social media platforms as a whole are abusing.

[–]Godknight 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

wow groomers on reddit im so shocked yada yada 🥱

[–]StillLessons 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Enforcement is not the answer. Disengagement is. The number of people who still engage with that site gives me serious pause as to the potential for our species to survive.