In the specific case of the 16-year-old uploader's image, we don't really know if it was child porn or not, and the uploader denies that it was.
A self-identified 16-year-old girl uploaded an artistically processed image that was cropped to show a woman's genitals apparently engaged in masturbation. Because of the artistic processing it is not obvious whether the image was based on a photo, or if it was based on an illustration (as the uploader claims). Regardless, the image was not identifiable as a child. The entire case that this was child porn is based on the identity of the uploader and the suspicion that the image might have originally been a self-photo before the image processing. Hence the image was deleted and oversighted out of what might be termed an abundance of caution. It might be illicit, and there were some reasons to be concerned that it was, but no definitive knowledge. However, since it wasn't actually useful to our mission probably better to be safe than try to worry about it further. That kind of caution is probably entirely appropriate when minors upload "self-made" images with sexual content. However, it should be acknowledged that we are unlikely to ever really know whether this particular image was child porn unless the uploader chooses to confess. -Robert Rohde _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
