REMOVE THE ABILITY TO POST PHOTOS COMPLETELY

[FreshEgg]

Yes I’ve posted in all caps because this is something that needs to be yelled about. It’s not good enough for them to be reported and removed, even if 24/7 paid mods are employed. They should not be able to be posted at all. I can’t see any 100% cast-iron system that can prevent such images from ever slipping through, and that is too high of a risk to pay. We don’t need photos that badly here. This is by and largely a text-based forum. I feel utterly sickened that this has happened and can happen again at any moment. Unless photos are disabled completely, no one is safe from being assaulted with such disgusting images.

Yes, me too. Very wary of opening threads.

Okay fair enough if I misunderstood. I know this is a very emotive subject to say the least but lots of people on various threads relating to last night do seem to be getting very accusatory and suspicious of other posters, as if they should all be mind readers. Understandable, I suppose, but people do sometimes jump to the wrong conclusions.

MN are absolutely pathetic when it comes to fixing the tech behind the site. Well get Becky with a bland, coffee mug in hand, delivering a there-there message that they are trying to sort it.

Until they do implement a proper safe filter surely it would be best to stop photos altogether. As a temporary measure. (Or however long, lo-o-o-no it takes them to get safety installed).

I have been on MN for years and years and value the site and its stance on free speech, adult trust, freedom from petty censorship’s etc.

But the endless ‘oh send us a screenshot / link to our latest tech incompetency that makes the site unreadable behind ads’ tactic seems to have been left as the fall back position for the poor Night Watchers who fell for it as the right thing to do “send us links to the threads’… what? Serious lack of training (not their fault) and naivety on MN behalf.

Don’t copy links to threads containing illegal images.

I am critical but I really hope MNHQ find the most robust way to sort this asap and come through this

I went on one of the threads posted. There had been no replies at that point so there would have been people innocently commenting and the these images put on it is beyond sickening.

It's not just horrible pictures though is it. There is so much more to these images than just that split second in time.

Perhaps read the opening thread from this online Q&A last year which Mumsnet hosted so that you can understand the impact of these images on the victims.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/guest_posts/4928751-guest-post-we-must-hold-tech-bosses-accountable-for-child-safety-online-trigger-warning-sexual-abuse

I am going to delete my account and move to Gransnet. The problem with the glitching on the site that hasn't been resolved makes me think they are having trouble with the advancement of new tech and their systems cannot catch-up.

Is gransnet any better? It's the same company so presumably the same IT structure?

Gransnet won't be any different, it's the same company.

You cannot post photos on Gransnet.

They're not 'horrible pictures' they are child abuse and a serious criminal offence. Let's get it right...

I agree that photos need to be banned. 1000000% it's just not worth the risk. Please @MNHQ Please

Thankfully I never saw it but I'm in tears after hearing about it and if MNHQ respond to this like I think they're going to (fob off) then I'll be stopping using MN. This shaken me to my core. Hell no

They need to be banned at least until there's a solution put in place. It would be a shame to lose pictures across the whole site but the need control people posting disgusting images on the site is more important. I'm not sure what the answer is but I have never come across anything like this on any other online forum. I'm thankful I didn't see the pictures in question.

HOW can you possibly defend such monstrous vile photos being uploaded here?????

Where did she defend it?

Perhaps it would be best for all photos to be pre approved by a moderator before being posted? Obviously wouldn't stop the poor mod from seeing something as horrific as that, but then it's probably more likely not to even be attempted to post knowing it wouldn't get approved.

I didn’t see the photos, but if they are as described, I expect that the police are involved.

Minimising it and calling it drama is akin to defending it.

Photos need to be completely stopped while MN get this sorted, it is vile that this was possible in the first place and even worse that there then wasn't even anyone to properly deal with it.
I'm sure it will take months if not years for MN to sort out ensuring this sort of thing does get through - based on their seeming inability to stop the site freezing or being taken over by fake ads - and this is too serious to wait that long.
Posting photos needs to be stopped.

Drama? Are you fucking kidding me?

What are you talking about? The offending posts weren't contained in links, certainly the one I saw was uploaded as an image within the body of a post. Anyone clicking on the thread unawares saw it as they scrolled through.

I saw one at 11pm, as did maybe about ten others on the thread before the post was hidden and a short time later, the entire thread was hidden at the request of posters.

I went to bed not longer after, thinking the matter was probably done and dusted. Very few posters actually saw the 11pm thread (which may have been the first) and I don't see how they, let alone anyone else, would have realised the board was about to be spammed.

God how awful

It really shouldn't be possible - these awful images were uploaded directly with no moderation. This a is a site with a very large number of open users and there should be more done to stop it.

I spend a lot of time on the home/ decor forums as an example. It's hard to give or get advice without photos sometimes. The same could be said of the fashion boards.

You do realise, don't you, that Mumsnet is only post-moderated - that is, they only read posts that have been reported to them.