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

Lemmy.world is temporarily disabling open signups and moving to an application-required signup process, due to ongoing issues with malicious bot accounts.

We know this is a major step to take, but we believe that it’s the right one for both us and our community right now.

We’re working on a better long-term technical solution to these bots, but that will take time to create, test, and verify that it doesn’t cause any problems with federation and how our users use our site, and we’d rather make sure we get it right than have a site that’s broken.

We’re making this change on 28 Aug 2023, and don’t have a specific timeline for how long registrations will require an application, but we will post an update once our new anti-abuse measures are in place and working.

Take care, LW Team

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[-] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Same but not sorry. I always called it CP but I guess this is more of a straight forward name.

[-] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the term CP (Child Porn) has always been a terrible name for it. It sounds weird, but "Child Porn" sounds much less dramatic than it is, like some sort of fringe porn. Meanwhile CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material) make it a lot more clear that there is a child being abused.

[-] ericisshort@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Same, and to make sure no one else has to have it in their search history, CSAM stands for “Child Sexual Abuse Material.”

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