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James Watkins
@Jimwatkins
I really do need help here. I know for a fact, he is wrong about this. I just don't know how to fix it.

Hello,

Thank you for providing additional context regarding how your platforms operate.

We want to clarify that the issue identified in our investigation was not related to advertising graphics displayed on the sides of the pages. We are aware of the distinction between third-party advertising content and user-generated posts. Our review specifically concerned user posts containing links that facilitate access to videos depicting animal cruelty.

We also understand your explanation that the platforms operate primarily as text-based forums and that images or videos are not directly uploaded to your servers. However, the concern in this case is that the forums hosted posts that linked users to external locations where illegal animal cruelty content could be accessed. Hosting or facilitating the distribution of links to such material still constitutes a violation of Epik’s Terms of Service.

We appreciate that you have described an existing process for reporting and removing problematic content and that records of deletions are maintained. However, as the domain owner and operator of the platform, responsibility for moderating content on the domain ultimately rests with you. In the course of our review we observed links on http://5ch.net
that had remained publicly accessible for extended periods of time — in some cases approaching five years — as well as newly posted content of a similar nature on http://bbspink.com
. This indicates that the moderation process in place did not sufficiently address the presence of this material.