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Accounts peddling child abuse content flood some X hashtags as safety partner cuts ties


Thorn, a non-profit that provides detection and moderation software related to child safety, said they canceled their contract with X after the platform stopped paying them.

At the same time, Thorn, a California-based nonprofit that works with tech companies to provide technology that can detect and address child sexual abuse content, told NBC News that it had terminated its contract with X. When NBC News first reported on the use of X to market CSAM, X’s head of trust and safety said the company knew it had work to do and would be making changes, including the development of automated systems to detect and block hashtags. In January 2024, X CEO Linda Yaccarino testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee that the company had strengthened its enforcement “with more tools and technology to prevent bad actors from distributing, searching for, or engaging with [child sexual exploitation] content across all forms of media.”

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