Pawoo, a Japanese Mastadon instance on the Fediverse notoriously bad about moderating CSAM, has been taken down.
Pawoo, a Japanese Mastadon instance on the Fediverse notoriously bad about moderating CSAM, has been taken down.
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What does the acronym CSA mean? I'm not native English.
"Child Sexual Abuse Material". It's an awkward acronym that's mostly overtaken "Child Pornography".
Thanks.
CSAM is Child Sexual Exploitation Material
People prefer using this term over CP because the word "porn" is considered too soft. Porn is generally a consensual, adult medium made with adults for adults. CP is not that, it's first and foremost harm of a child.
Another reason is that "CP" got jokingly coopted by abusers in the form of various dogwhistles (e.g.: "cheese pizza"). It made more sense to adopt a new acronym rather than try to uphold any sense of decorum while sharing ownership of the term w/ edgelords & predators.
I mean it's more accurate and unambiguous. Definitely preferable overall IMO.
That's strange to me, because Child Porn sounds revolting to me but CSAM sounds like something I can treat with aspirin.
CSAM is a pretty sterile term so I can see where that feeling comes from.