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Pawoo, a Japanese Mastadon instance on the Fediverse notoriously bad about moderating CSAM, has been taken down. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by hal_5700X@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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[-] petunia@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Speaking from experience, they could fix their spam and abuse woes very easily by just closing new signups or restricting it in some way. Simplest would be invite-only (built-in feature of Mastodon), or restrict the signups page based on IP range whitelist/blacklist.

EDIT: Their domain has been reinstated, and they disabled open signups. New registrations now require moderator approval https://pawoo.net/@pawoo_support/111249170584706318

:pawoo: Announcement! Thank you for always using Pawoo. Due to server congestion, new registrations will now require approval by a moderator. Thank you very much for your cooperation.

[-] Furball@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

I’m pretty sure they were complicit in this and were not really trying to fight it.

[-] petunia@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Absolutely brain-dead speculation based on literally nothing. Complicit in what??? The current owner is a very public figure, so they gain nothing and have everything to lose. It's just pure incompetence and mismanagement.

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