Sorry for the short post, I’m not able to make it nice with full context at the moment, but I want to quickly get this announcement out to prevent confusion:

Unfortunately, people are uploading child sexual abuse images on some instances (apparently as a form of attack against Lemmy). I am taking some steps to prevent such content from making it onto lemm.ee servers. As one preventative measure, I am disabling all image uploads on lemm.ee until further notice - this is to ensure that lemm.ee can not be used as gateway to spread CSAM into the network.

It will not possible to upload any new avatars or banners while this limit is in effect.

I’m really sorry for the disruption, it’s a necessary trade-off for now until we figure out the way forward.

  • chickentendrils [any, comrade/them]
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    231 year ago

    been using it since chapo dot chat and I haven’t felt as nuts since using reddit years ago, as I have since federation was implemented

    it isnt even like they have to visit a whole ass other site, it just shows up inline with everything else

    • PeoplesRepublicOfNewEngland [he/him]
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      171 year ago

      Every time I see a lemmeee.eeeee thread I feel gross and no amount of scrubbing my skin off in the shower seems to help

      It’s gotten so bad I even reply here it’s awful