Meredith Whittaker

So like you're not actually like if you begin to map this, what you see is a story that does not add up. And you see like like what you know, and this is where I get enraged because I'm like, you are fucking trading on children's pain to get your back door, whatever the fuck you want.

So like you're not actually like if you begin to map this, what you see is a story that does not add up. And you see like like what you know, and this is where I get enraged because I'm like, you are fucking trading on children's pain to get your back door, whatever the fuck you want.

pretending that you're solving it so taking up the space for actual solutions that could actually like help real children who are suffering now and turning no attention to every glaring problem in this massive list which is you know pretty obvious you know even for me and you know like like and i'm not an expert here i've just sort of you know sifted through this so i think you know that's the that's the dynamic we're walking into

pretending that you're solving it so taking up the space for actual solutions that could actually like help real children who are suffering now and turning no attention to every glaring problem in this massive list which is you know pretty obvious you know even for me and you know like like and i'm not an expert here i've just sort of you know sifted through this so i think you know that's the that's the dynamic we're walking into

pretending that you're solving it so taking up the space for actual solutions that could actually like help real children who are suffering now and turning no attention to every glaring problem in this massive list which is you know pretty obvious you know even for me and you know like like and i'm not an expert here i've just sort of you know sifted through this so i think you know that's the that's the dynamic we're walking into

Yeah. Yeah. Well, sorry, we use the prefix online, so that's not our... And I think it's also, like, there's something... People gravitate to the abstraction, right? If this is online child abuse, then we don't have to deal with it in our real lives. It becomes an abstraction that we can almost blame on the same platforms that have been so unaccountable.

Yeah. Yeah. Well, sorry, we use the prefix online, so that's not our... And I think it's also, like, there's something... People gravitate to the abstraction, right? If this is online child abuse, then we don't have to deal with it in our real lives. It becomes an abstraction that we can almost blame on the same platforms that have been so unaccountable.

Yeah. Yeah. Well, sorry, we use the prefix online, so that's not our... And I think it's also, like, there's something... People gravitate to the abstraction, right? If this is online child abuse, then we don't have to deal with it in our real lives. It becomes an abstraction that we can almost blame on the same platforms that have been so unaccountable.

We can blame it as an internet phenomenon, not a phenomenon in like, oh wait, our church doesn't have the infrastructure to actually deal with this in a humane way, right? And I think that's a dynamic that we're also seeing here.

We can blame it as an internet phenomenon, not a phenomenon in like, oh wait, our church doesn't have the infrastructure to actually deal with this in a humane way, right? And I think that's a dynamic that we're also seeing here.

We can blame it as an internet phenomenon, not a phenomenon in like, oh wait, our church doesn't have the infrastructure to actually deal with this in a humane way, right? And I think that's a dynamic that we're also seeing here.

Well, I'm a brave person, Linus. But to be serious, I think... This is one of the places where more public education is necessary because Telegram is actually, you said the other end of the internet, it is very, very, very different from Signal. So Telegram is a social media platform. It allows mass broadcast to millions of people. You can go viral on Telegram.

Well, I'm a brave person, Linus. But to be serious, I think... This is one of the places where more public education is necessary because Telegram is actually, you said the other end of the internet, it is very, very, very different from Signal. So Telegram is a social media platform. It allows mass broadcast to millions of people. You can go viral on Telegram.

Well, I'm a brave person, Linus. But to be serious, I think... This is one of the places where more public education is necessary because Telegram is actually, you said the other end of the internet, it is very, very, very different from Signal. So Telegram is a social media platform. It allows mass broadcast to millions of people. You can go viral on Telegram.

You can find strangers on Telegram via directories. There's a near me feature that will geolocate things happening near you. All sorts of things that are not private, are not secure, are regulated completely differently from private and secure communications like Signal, which is solely a private and secure interpersonal communications app.

You can find strangers on Telegram via directories. There's a near me feature that will geolocate things happening near you. All sorts of things that are not private, are not secure, are regulated completely differently from private and secure communications like Signal, which is solely a private and secure interpersonal communications app.

You can find strangers on Telegram via directories. There's a near me feature that will geolocate things happening near you. All sorts of things that are not private, are not secure, are regulated completely differently from private and secure communications like Signal, which is solely a private and secure interpersonal communications app.

Signal stories don't go viral, right? They go to your, you know, it's if I sent all the people in my contact list one by one, a photo of something.

Signal stories don't go viral, right? They go to your, you know, it's if I sent all the people in my contact list one by one, a photo of something.

Signal stories don't go viral, right? They go to your, you know, it's if I sent all the people in my contact list one by one, a photo of something.