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I think this is where NNTPchan (and to some extent imageboard culture itself) helps with working around legal issues. On imageboards content is confined to rel
by RunningDroid 9y ago
I think this is where NNTPchan (and to some extent imageboard culture itself) helps with working around legal issues.
On imageboards content is confined to relevant boards e.g. posts about anime would go on /a/(anime) not /k/(weapons) unless they are weapon-themed anime. In addition posting illegal/unsavory content (e.g. cp or gore) on boards it doesn't belong is usually considered a ban-worthy offence.
The way NNTPchan specifically helps is by letting the server admin decide which boards are permitted, so NNTPchan servers have the option to not handle any content related to /loli/ or any other boards that could get them into legal trouble.
- ggggtez 9y agoYou still need moderators to enforce the rules. No one is claiming it's impossible, just not by 1 person.
- lnanek2 9y agoNot to mention that the last time I worked on image board code there was a list of auto-ban rules the server checked on posting, which included the MD5s of child porn. Posters may be more sophisticated now, tweaking a pixel to make the hashes not match, but there is software that can match the background scenery now with the illegal part removed that can catch even that. We didn't have an auto-ban list for drawings of it, though. That was up to the normal human moderation.
- cvwright 9y agoMicrosoft has this service called PhotoDNA [1] that uses a perceptual hash to match bad content in photos, even when the image has been modified. It sounds pretty cool. [1] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/PhotoDNA/Default https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/PhotoDNA/Default