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I'm not a prude by any means...

... but they're currently allowing communities dedicated to loli content. I just had to block a community that had titles like "after the rape" and containing animated material depicting minors.

I don't know about others, but I don't want that shit in any way coming across my feed when I try to look at All.

And clearly anyone who does want to browse other NSFW communities is free to make an account on those instances.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

I've done a bit more research into the legality of "lolicon" content in the US (where SDF is hosted). IANAL, however, Federal law 18 U.S. Code § 1466A states:

Obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children
(a) In General.—Any person who, in a circumstance described in subsection (d), knowingly produces, distributes, receives, or possesses with intent to distribute, a visual depiction of any kind, including a drawing, cartoon, sculpture, or painting, that—
    (1)
        (A) depicts a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct; and
        (B) is obscene; or
    (2)
        (A) depicts an image that is, or appears to be, of a minor engaging in graphic bestiality, sadistic or masochistic abuse, or sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex; and
        (B) lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value;
or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 2252A(b)(1), including the penalties provided for cases involving a prior conviction.

The Department of Justice's Citizen's Guide To U.S. Federal Child Exploitation And Obscenity Laws states that "lolicon" is illegal and has a lower standard than obscenity in adult pornography.

In addition, Section 1466A of Title 18, United State Code, makes it illegal for any person to knowingly produce, distribute, receive, or possess with intent to transfer or distribute visual representations, such as drawings, cartoons, or paintings that appear to depict minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and are deemed obscene. This statute offers an alternative 2-pronged test for obscenity with a lower threshold than the Miller test. The matter involving minors can be deemed obscene if it (i) depicts an image that is, or appears to be a minor engaged in graphic bestiality, sadistic or masochistic abuse, or sexual intercourse and (ii) if the image lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. A first time offender convicted under this statute faces fines and at least 5 years to a maximum of 20 years in prison.

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a conviction under 1466A in UNITED STATES v. WHORLEY (2008).

The Lemmy instance Burggit explicitly allows "lolicon" content:

Cooking up a platform for Free Thought And Expression! (NSFW & Loli/Shota/Cub friendly!) Minimal Restrictions on Content/Speech.

Since Burggit hosts content that is illegal in SDF's jurisdiction, I would support SDF defederating from Burggit.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just have NSFW turned off in my user settings.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's a very good callout.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If users could block entire instances, I think this would go a long way towards solving the problem. Personally, I’m not for defederating unless the content is illegal in the US where the SDF instance is located.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Allowing users to instance block also lets us filter out the simply irrelevant. Good thinking.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There's a potential counter argument in there, that suggests we should then defederate from lemmy.dbzer0.com, because piracy is illegal in the US. Agreed though, instance blocking would go a long way.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Piracy wouldn’t get one put on a registry

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I agree that it can be problematic to see some weird stuff on All, but defederating is a red button that affects everybody in the instance, and I don't like that. I enjoy seeing new stuff, and people can use the "block" button liberally.

However it is true that Lemmy still lacks some fine grained controls for users. I am positive that they will be implemented soon, so meanwhile we are living in this very early transition period where random shit can and will appear on our All page and we need to live with it (or use block a lot)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I just have NSFW turned off on this account.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Easiest way to block NSFW content is in settings. Just untick, "Show NSFW content." This will also block new NSFW instances as they crop up.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In general, defederation would be less of an issue if single signon was a thing, and the lemmy web UI allowed for having multiple signed in accounts.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the context of NSFW, I just don't see it being a big deal to maintain 2 accounts. One for general browsing, and then one for purno. I mean... I just thought that was standard protocol?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

These kids goin' wild on main these days. Truly bizarre times!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've noticed some of these same things as well. I've got so many NSFW communities on my blocklist, but they keep popping up like flies, and I'm starting to wonder if there's a hard limit to how many communities we can block lol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same. It'd be a different story if (on Lemmy) you could just do a complete instance block.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Yeah IMHO allowing users to block an entire instance would do a lot to advance Federating.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I do not like defederating instances for moral/ethical reasons. If that is the mission of the instance you join, so be it. I would only defederate as a last ditch effort to stave off technical or legal problems. Burggit plays in a grey area with the legal side, but I still wouldn't defederate until it's demonstrably causing a problem. I would also support defederating from instances where they are abusing federation to inflict harm on other instances/users.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

They state that loli is banned: https://lemmynsfw.com/post/29826

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I dont see it as a big deal. When i browse all im really just looking for new communities to follow, and all that mess is blurred.

I made a second account on redditnsfw for "personal reasons", so defederation wouldnt be a problem for me. But i just dont see the issue with staying federated.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

One concern is paper trail. I personally don't want traffic pointed at dicey material involving depictions of children seemingly making its way to my personal computer. Depending on ones country, there may even be a risk of legal repercussion. This problem is compounded by a user (AFAIK) being required to actually click into and view the community in question, to then block it.

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