Report: Twitter Knows Platform Allows Widespread Child Porn Distribution But Looks the Other Way

A new report from The Verge shows that Twitter understands that the platform is a widespread distribution network for child pornography but ignores the problem and allows the exploitation to happen anyway.

The report details how earlier this year Twitter considered making an OnlyFans competitor in order to monetize the pornography they allow to be readily posted on the platform. They felt like this could be a windfall of profit, with OnlyFans generating $2.5 billion annually, as they embraced smut. They called the project ACM, or Adult Content Moderation.

In order to test the idea, Twitter created a “red team” designed “to pressure-test the decision to allow adult creators to monetize on the platform, by specifically focusing on what it would look like for Twitter to do this safely and responsibly.” They determined that the project was unfeasible because Twitter regularly allows child pornography and other illegal sexual content on the platform.

“Twitter cannot accurately detect child sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity at scale,” the Red Team stated in April 2022. Creating an OnlyFans alternative on the platform would only exacerbate Twitter’s child porn problem, they found.

Even though Twitter understands child porn is regularly shared on the platform, there is no impetus to stop it. They regularly look the other way, and the Big Tech giant has faced no sanctions for being a haven for exploitation.

Big League Politics has reported on Twitter harboring child pornography in the past, with damning allegations that they knowingly allow it through their terms of service:

A lawsuit is alleging that the social media giant Twitter did not remove child pornography from their platform because the tech monopoly claims it does not violate their terms of service.

The lawsuit is accusing Twitter of profiting from child pornography that was shared on their platform. It was filed by the victim and her mother in federal court in the Northern District of California on Wednesday. 

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