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One last important announcement regarding reddit and spez (i.imgflip.com)

submitted 1 year ago by sirboozebum@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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[-] Zak@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It was, but it avoided legal issues by:

Reddit didn't actually host images or videos at the time, just links and comments
As I recall, it wasn't pornography, just pictures of kids in bikinis with creepy comments

[-] 52fighters@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

If he posted images of children, even if not pornographic, it is unlikely he held the copyright for them and, in some jurisdictions might still be considered exploitation. I hope a police investigator at least looks at it.

[-] Zak@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I don't think anyone has accused spez of posting there.

[-] Deccarrin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

He didn't even knowingly moderate there. There are real reasons to shirt on spez without this kind of made up shit. It just gives pro reddit morons ammo.

[-] Denaton@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Oh god, i didn't know what jailbait was and just tried to look it up on Reddit but couldn't find anything, i thought it was some kind of "bad prank" stuff to bait others into doing illegal stuff..

[-] Zak@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Reddit previously allowed essentially anything that was not either illegal to post or breaking the site by organizing vote manipulation and the like. After getting negative press for subreddits that allowed sexualized (but probably not technically pornographic) images of kids, they banned that kind of content.

Reddit positioned itself as a neutral platform with as few sitewide rules as it could have prior to that, and many didn't like what the change signaled even if they found /r/jailbait disgusting.