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Executives at X testified at an Australian Parliament hearing late Wednesday, defending the restoration of an account after it shared child sexual abuse material.

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[–] moobythegoldensock@geddit.social 65 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Pickles said the offending account in question may have been sharing the content “out of outrage,” which would mean the account wouldn’t be permanently banned

Australian senator Helen Polley pointed to research that child sexual abuse material had gone up since Musk had bought the company. Polley questioned why child sexual abuse material wouldn’t result in an immediate ban on X since it was a crime, regardless of intent.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 90 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Because Elon is a pedophile.

[–] bloopernova@programming.dev 37 points 1 year ago

Ding ding ding.

My theory is that saudi or russia has some bad dirt on him.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

also, whoever this Pickles is. yeah. he was defending them. That brush can smear him too.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So that's why he wanted to get to the children stuck in the cave so badly. And called the diver a pedo.

[–] III@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Every accusation is a confession

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So as long as you claim you're outraged, you can show pictures of children being abused and raped?

Only if you like prison.

[–] demonquark@lemmy.ml 54 points 1 year ago

Yeah… Being asked to defend the pro-pedophilia position of your company may be a sign that you should quit. Or be the guy who defended pedophiles in parliament. I dunno.

[–] DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“One of the challenges we see is, for example, people sharing this content out of outrage because they want to raise awareness of an issue and see something in the media,” Pickles testified

Nick Pickles is a gawd damn liar.

[–] NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

I think you mean gawd awful liar

[–] hedgehog@ttrpg.network 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’s generally understood that sharing child sex abuse materials, regardless of intent, is not only a federal crime in the U.S. and Australia, but re-victimizes the child.

Excuse my ignorance, but why wasn’t this guy arrested? And why is it “news” that X restored his account but an arrest - or even lack of one - wasn’t even mentioned?

[–] pulaskiwasright@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Twitter isn’t responsible for arresting him. They are responsible for reinstating his account.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 year ago

Nick Pickles

Unfortunate name to have when you're trying to convince people you hate child molesters...

[–] Stinkywinks@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Let's all stop using X? What a stupid ass name