These pictures are illegal, aren't they?

Actually, I am not entirely sure. Maybe they do receive something for their trouble? But they are just regular posters I believe, not IT specialists with the ability to shut the site down or handle multiple suspect threads very swiftly. Clearly this could potentially have been even worse and it's left MN open to accusations of negligence which a site of this size and high profile cannot afford.

There has to be a way of stopping this from ever happening again.
Rules need tightening about new posters.

Yep

Is night watch still an unpaid position?

Why are they doing it, I thought sickos like these liked to operate under the radar so that they could go undetected? But it's like they're literally saying 'here I am, come and get me'.

I am here for updates from MN about the action taken on this.

Then the ability to post photos should be suspended at times of day when there is no paid IT support available. Or MN should just have paid IT support available 24/7. It's not like they can't afford it, let's be real.

They were on a thread at about 11.15 so not middle of the night.

I don't think this counts as sharing images. How else can they delete them if not shared on the night watch threads? Reporting at this time won't do anything until the morning

I am so sorry fo everyone that has seen that. What a sick and twisted thing to do.

I am sure the police have been informed, they will be moving quickly, as it’s vey easy to track them down these days. It won’t be long either way.
Sharing any images like that is an offence, it will be an aggravating factor that it is a public forum, and one aimed at parents. So particularly distressing.

We were discussing that too

Hopefully new registration will be paused overnight for a while

No that's MNHQ job in the morning.

I'm sure they'll be on it first thing

I've posted a thread in site stuff asking MNHQ to review their overnight policy. Although most people in the UK would have missed the affected threads (thank God) due to being asleep, there are many posters in different time zones who would not have been so fortunate.

@ANightwatcher @NiteWotcha are you ok? Have you contacted the police?

unm, NO - do NOT post links knowing that CSA images are on them!!!!! Sorry @NiteWotcha, I appreciate you are having a ‘mare, but what you’ve just asked people to do is technically illegal as they are sharing the images by sharing the link.

I guess so. They’re not uploaded

Not opening another thread I don't think until we've had a specific thread saying it's sorted

Sickening

I think this is serious enough that the board should just be shut down until it's sorted. I don't know what sort of contact the night watch team have with MNHQ but at the very least someone should be on call to act immediately in cases like this, not just rely on the night watch to hide threads as posters report them.

Maybe they should remove the ability to post photos at times when MNHQ are not on duty. It's no great inconvenience to not be able to post photos overnight.

This is what I don't understand. Mumsnet is a buisness. It's unfair to expect volunteers to deal with this type of thing.
It's a multimillion pound business - I don't understand why people want to volunteer to work for it.

Wow I was on that Kanye thread but went to sleep for a bit. So glad I didn’t see those photos and so sorry for anyone that has, I feel ill just thinking about it and I’m afraid to click on any threads now 😣

If you see any more of these awful images, please report to the Night Watch - with a link!

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/the_night_watch

@LoudSnoringDog It appears to be one sick bastard , if you do see anything else report on the night watch with a link to the thread.

@Redtrainyellowcarriage
Really don't want to even open any other thread.

They already have, they have had several lots removed already

They are now hidden but be mindful that this hideous pervert could post others on any random thread