That’s right, we’ve disabled the random-images, latest-images, and upload functions to combat customer abuse, namely the uploading of pornographic images. I’ve even been able to detect (and quickly remove and ban) at least one instance of bestiality pornography, which is illegal as well as disgusting.

What are we going to do about it?

• Add enhanced admin controls to let me quickly view and moderate uploads by group, and view and moderate the old uploads which are not in the database
• Place all new photos into a moderation queue until they are rated for content by at least three people
• Add a cookie-based preference which must be set before a user can moderate content, so that users agree they are adults in their countries and warning them that they might see anything that has been uploaded
• Place all X-rated content after moderation into a nasties queue for me to action
• Consider implementing a SVM to detect pornography in the images themselves
• Create policies which define what a pornographic image is

Until we can prevent, filter, eliminate, and ban pornography, the site will be disabled. On the upside, with a clear policy in place and human reviewers, it should become easier for us to handle this kind of content.

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