> … these databases…

Can you clarify? From the article it sounds like this is some kind of “blacklist” database (sort of like a “known spammers” list) that is somehow is used in the industry to deny traffic to certain domains. Is it a government database?

Edit: It sounds like these databases are owned/maintained by Meta:

> If anything, plaintiffs allege that these John Does went rogue by manipulating and corrupting automated processes and databases that Meta had established for purposes of combating terrorism, deploying those methods to attack competitors of an adult-entertainment company, and then ‘attempt[ing] to cover their tracks’ to ensure Meta could not learn of their aberrant behavior,” Meta’s motion says.

Meta further argued that, even if true, any decisions to penalize OnlyFans’ competitors would have been protected by the company’s First Amendment rights, and the limited liability protections offered by Section 320 of the Communications Decency Act

It's GIFCT [0], a database of perceptual content hashes shared between FAANG's for cooperative moderation. It's largely a response to FAANG's PR crisis after several of the live-streaming terrorists. It's a self-regulating industry group and not administered by any government.

(Also misspelled "JFCT" in some of the court transcripts from this case).

[0] https://gifct.org/explainers/ ("Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism")

Fascinating. Thanks for sharing the link.