This thread is about Reddit actively trading irrefutable child porn.

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Ok, this is being posted over at SA and is worthy of a read (either here or there). I've blanked out certain words and links with the hope that this can be viewed and discussed here. It is absolutely shocking and needs to be out there.

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reddit [http://www.reddit.com/] is a social website that allows its users to share links to content on the internet and post comments about the links. This enables not only the sharing of content (photographs, videos, websites, and so on) but also the discussion of said content.

reddit is massively popular [http://blog.reddit.com/2012/01/2-billion-beyond.html], especially with young people [http://en.reddit.com/r/misc/comments/nevz9/results_of_the_reddit_demographics_survey_in_pie/].

reddit is split into subcommunities known as "subreddits", meaning that while reddit exists as a website, it consists as the sum of its subcommunities that people can subscribe to and participate in by means of sharing and commenting as aforementioned.

Unfortunately, the reddit community as a whole also harbors pedophiles and distributors of child pornography, including a man who goes by the name Tessorro [http://www.reddit.com/user/tessorro] and runs a subreddit called "preteen_girls" [url deleted]]

The main purveyor of child porn on reddit is Violentacrez, who was the former leader of the "jailbait" subreddit, before Anderson Cooper's report [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuMdQRRLoYg&feature=related] got it shut down: [http://www.reddit.com/user/violentacrez]

A list of Jailbait (underage porn) forums which have sprung up to replace it that are currently on reddit:
****jailbait
****bait
*******SchoolUniforms
*****Teens
******jailbait
***newjailbait
****Girls
****bait

(asterisks inserted by magnolia)

/r/jailbait is shut down now, but the traffic statistics [http://i.imgur.com/jvNpg.png] posted by Violentacrez [http://www.reddit.com/r/TheoryOfReddit/comments/kzlga/traffic_statistics_for_rjailbait/] from its heydays are interesting. The dip in mid August is when admins temporarily closed the subreddit, and the spike on September 30th is when Anderson Cooper talked about it. The numbers after the temporary shut down are abnormally low, as would be expected. But prior to that, they were getting about 30,000 unique visitors each day.

When r/jailbait was open, it had a message on the sidebar asking young girls to submit pics to their jailbait gone wild subreddit, which still exists, and even wants these 'jailbait' girls to get verified before submitting photos. You're also told to "Be respectful. Don't insult the ones brave enough to submit photos / videos".

The owners of reddit know there is active trading of child porn on their forums, and refuse to do anything about it. Further, Reddit's cofounder simply dismisses the issue and blames the exploited children whose pictures are being traded: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXZYvrue1BE]

The inaction of reddit's administrators has been a frequent topic, part of that being Violentacrez's shockingly close relationship with them.
Violentacrez's Twitter account [https://twitter.com/#!/violentacrez] seems like a good example of this.
Krispykrackers [http://twitter.com/krispykrackers] (head of advertising and the community helpline at reddit)
Hueypriest https://twitter.com/#!/hueypriest] (reddit's general manager) and
Chromakode [https://twitter.com/#!/chromakode] (developer) all follow violentacrez.
So does Jedberg [https://twitter.com/#!/jedberg] (former administrator),
KeyserSosa [https://twitter.com/#!/KeyserSosa] (former lead developer) and
MikeSchiraldi [https://twitter.com/#!/MikeSchiraldiraldi] (another former developer type).

If you view their past tweets, you'll see that Violentacrez has regularly been in direct, public contact with them.

In 2008, r/jailbait received the most votes in reddit's "Best Community" contest [http://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/7okgl/reddit_awards_best_reddit_of_2008_comment_here_w/], with SuicideWatch taking a distant second, receiving about half as many votes.

Another interesting fact is that Violentacrez has the third highest amount of karma [http://www.karmawhores.net/violentacrez] on all of reddit for submitted links. Reddit can't get enough of the guy.

Are you sick to your stomach yet? The list of child pornography subreddits continues: (all subreddits listed below are not safe for viewing)

"Preteen Girls"
"Male Jailbait"
"Jailbait Junkies"
"Asian Jailbait"
"Young Porn"

Other awful Reddit things:

A Pedophile's Confession (URL removed by magnolia)
A subreddit called "Raping Women" (URL removed by magnolia)
"Beating Women" (URL removed by magnolia)
A subreddit called "Lolicon" (cartoon drawings of naked children)
A subreddit called "Pics of Dead Kids"
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News Mentions:

http://gawker.com/5884619/reddit-reluctantly-bans-child-porn

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/02/policy-shift-reddit-bans-child-pornography.html

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57376256-93/reddit-bans-sexually-suggestive-images-of-children/

http://www.observer.com/2012/02/reddit-expressly-bans-child-porn/



tl;dr - reddit is a terrible thing unless you think child porn should be actively endorsed.

e : I've been picked up on my tl;dr and admit it was a terribly sweeping statement. Whilst I don't like Reddit, I don't agree that you have to enjoy child porn to enjoy Reddit and that was a pretty stupid thing for me to say. The other stuff above all that? Oh, that stands.
 
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At reddit we care deeply about not imposing ours or anyone elses’ opinions on how people use the reddit platform. We are adamant about not limiting the ability to use the reddit platform even when we do not ourselves agree with or condone a specific use. We have very few rules here on reddit; no spamming, no cheating, no personal info, nothing illegal, and no interfering the site's functions. Today we are adding another rule: No suggestive or sexual content featuring minors.
In the past, we have always dealt with content that might be child pornography along strict legal lines. We follow legal guidelines and reporting procedures outlined by NCMEC. We have taken all reports of illegal content seriously, and when warranted we made reports directly to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, who works directly with the FBI. When a situation is reported to us where a child might be abused or in danger, we make that report. Beyond these clear cut cases, there is a huge area of legally grey content, and our previous policy to deal with it on a case by case basis has become unsustainable. We have changed our policy because interpreting the vague and debated legal guidelines on a case by case basis has become a massive distraction and risks reddit being pulled in to legal quagmire.
As of today, we have banned all subreddits that focus on sexualization of children. Our goal is to be fair and consistent, so if you find a subreddit we may have missed, please message the admins. If you find specific content that meets this definition please message the moderators of the subreddit, and the admins.
We understand that this might make some of you worried about the slippery slope from banning one specific type of content to banning other types of content. We're concerned about that too, and do not make this policy change lightly or without careful deliberation. We will tirelessly defend the right to freely share information on reddit in any way we can, even if it is offensive or discusses something that may be illegal. However, child pornography is a toxic and unique case for Internet communities, and we're protecting reddit's ability to operate by removing this threat. We remain committed to protecting reddit as an open platform.
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http://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/pmj7f/a_necessary_change_in_policy/
 
Misleading thread title, reddit is enabling it, not actively participating as an organisation. As with most social sites it can be used for good and bad. Facebook have failed to act on a number if sensitive issues too.

Perhaps instead of worrying about Hollywood, US congress should put laws in place to instantly shut down any site that fails to act upon misuse of their site such as these subreddits.

*edit* reddit have said they'll remove anything that sexualises children, so what's the issue?
 
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Colbaker said:
I am sure I read somewhere that this was a smear campaign by another forum and is all lies?

Then again I probably read it on reddit
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It's absolutely not a smear campaign and made national television in the US (I realise this doesn't mean it's not a smear campaign but just to show the gravitas). Many further news agencies picked up on the story and my post links a few of them.

And yes, you probably read the 'smear' bit on Reddit.
 
I'm a reddit gold member and will continue to use reddit, although I was unaware of those section on reddit.
 
[FnG]magnolia;21262257 said:
tl;dr - reddit is a terrible thing unless you think child porn should be actively endorsed.
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I really hope you're trolling because if you really think that you may as well say "The Internet is a terrible thing unless you think child porn should be actively endorsed".
 
The problem was that they were legal, though morally questionable. Such that it is a free speech issue and reddit prides itself as a free speech haven. Yes it was very sick, but those subreddits were legal. Which is why the moderators did not remove them. Reddit has a history of allowing gore and pretty much anything unless it was illegal, they did not want to cross the boundary.
Magnolia, you need to calm down with your reddit hate.
 
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RomanNose said:
The problem was that they were legal, though morally questionable. Such that it is a free speech issue and reddit prides itself as a free speech haven. Yes it was very sick, but those subreddits were legal. Which is why the moderators did not remove them. Reddit has a history of allowing gore and pretty much anything unless it was illegal, they did not want to cross the boundary.
Magnolia, you need to calm down with your reddit hate.
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How can jailbait be legal? Surely by definition its illegal hence the jail part of bait?
 
I'm happy to say when I've made a mistake and my tl;dr was driven more by emotion than considered thought. I don't like Reddit - and not for the reasons mrk alluded to (which are nonsense, incidentally) - and I hate their stance on this issue but to label the whole site as terrible unless you like child porn was moronic of me. I take it back but won't delete the OP tl;dr just so that the flow is clear.

tl;dr - I got my tl;dr wrong by a wide margin.
 
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