Minor sues Twitter, saying it would not remove explicit video of him - Business Insider

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A minor is suing Twitter, claiming it took 9 days and intervention from Homeland Security for it to take down a sexually explicit video of him at 13 posted by a predator

claiming the social media platform declined to remove a sexually explicit video of him at age 13 that was posted by online predators, saying it did not violate its community standards.

The lawsuit says Twitter ignored the plaintiff's plea and the videos depicting two 13-year-olds in illicit acts remained on Twitter for nine days after the plaintiff reported it. According to the lawsuit, in several communications, the minor provided proof of his identity and age, and the minor's mother contacted Twitter several times and reported the accounts that posted the video.

The lawsuit also claims that by declining to take action against the video, the predator behind it was able to post further media that sexually exploited children. The plaintiff says in the lawsuit that he became aware of the video three years after it was taken, when it was discovered by classmates at his school.

Twitter "had knowledge of child sexual abuse material on their platform. They had a request to remove it from a minor who provided proof of his age. And they told him it didn't violate their community rules. He was in shock. They refused to take it down. That's the core of the concern here," attorney Peter Gentala, senior legal counsel for the National Center on Sexual Exploitation Law Center, told Insider.

 

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This site has a terrible report system with vague descriptions like explicit and adult. Come on and then when you report the account “it says do you want to block?” Really what’s blocking going to do?

Weird that anti-porn activists attacking PornHub for far less extreme issues aren’t calling for Visa MasterCard to ban Twitter. These hate groups called everyone using PornHub complicit in CSAM but are profiting off Twitter in the same manner.

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