X = formerly known as Twitter | Elon Musk = Owner of X 

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In a flip-flop ruling, Instagram has pulled a child sex abuse doll seller’s account. At first, Instagram told us they did NOT remove the account because it did not go against their Community Guidelines. So we took to X to show exactly how it DID breach parent company Meta’s terms of service which prohibit publication of child exploitation material and content which sexualises children.

By Tahlia Perry

Can we please take a minute to pause, quieten the white noise and celebrate an amazing win for Australian parents, children and young people?

Last night, the Federal Parliament passed the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024. This means that in 12 months’ time my child and young people across Australia will have one barrier in place to keep them safer online.

Is this Bill a silver bullet? No, but it never claimed to be.

Update: 71 accounts now gone from Twitter.

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We are celebrating a big win with more child sex abuse doll promoters being removed from the platform. Collective Shout have been instrumental in bringing these accounts to the attention of Twitter heads who then have fast tracked the process of suspending the accounts. 

Please DM me with a few of the user handles.

— Ella Irwin (@ellagirwin) April 7, 2023

25 accounts down in 48 hours after our reports

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Company promos appeared alongside child abuse material tweets

Tech giants STILL aiding predators, putting young girls at risk

Victims live in fear knowing images of their abuse are circulating the web

The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) has reported this week that Twitter is taking a stand against pornography on its platform. 

Twitter is now blocking several pornography-related search terms—particularly from results in the “Photos” and “Videos” section of the social media platform.

Now when users type in hashtags or keywords traditionally associated with pornography, they get this message:

Text: “Nothing came up for your search, which is a little weird. Maybe check what you searched for and try again.”

Women should be able to speak out without facing rape threats

Collective Shout activist Talitha Stone has launched a petition calling on Twitter to add a report abuse button to tweets. Please sign and share widely.