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fuzzylogic · 06-14-2010, 10:41 PM

With the creation of user-powered social media websites such as Twitter and Facebook it's very easy for underage pornographic content to appear.

Running a Twitter or Facebook account that relies on user submitted amateur erotica seems to walk a legal thin line. From my understanding, simply possessing underage sexual content on a phone, email or hard drive is a felony in the United States. I imagine it appearing on a Facebook "wall" or message or twitpic twitter reply would be as well. How does the owner of a social media account that relies on user submissions prevent underage content from being submitted specifically to an email address?

Example: I've seen several Twitter accounts that ask for self-shot images to be emailed. The email address is provided on the page. A phrase "18+ only" appears as well in the bio, but this phrase alone probably does not stop illegal content from being mailed to the account owner. Possessing it in the inbox is a felony.

This same situation can occur on other websites such as the "Rate me" websites.

Is there any way to operate a user powered erotic website without facing this underaged content problem?

06-14-2010, 10:41 PM
fuzzylogic Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: buffalo, las vegas. icq: 285808879 Posts: 4,796	Twitter, Social Media and the underage content problem With the creation of user-powered social media websites such as Twitter and Facebook it's very easy for underage pornographic content to appear. Running a Twitter or Facebook account that relies on user submitted amateur erotica seems to walk a legal thin line. From my understanding, simply possessing underage sexual content on a phone, email or hard drive is a felony in the United States. I imagine it appearing on a Facebook "wall" or message or twitpic twitter reply would be as well. How does the owner of a social media account that relies on user submissions prevent underage content from being submitted specifically to an email address? Example: I've seen several Twitter accounts that ask for self-shot images to be emailed. The email address is provided on the page. A phrase "18+ only" appears as well in the bio, but this phrase alone probably does not stop illegal content from being mailed to the account owner. Possessing it in the inbox is a felony. This same situation can occur on other websites such as the "Rate me" websites. Is there any way to operate a user powered erotic website without facing this underaged content problem?