"Do not post anyone under the assumed age of 16 fully nude," the sidebar reads. "If they are younger please post them with some key areas covered. And because the site is based in Switzerland, its rules about child porn are more relaxed. Voat now has its own network of jailbait forums. According to Gawker, pedophiles used the forum to connect and privately trade child pornography. The subreddit featured suggestive photos of underage girls, most of which were ripped from their social media pages without permission. Jailbait: In 2011, /r/jailbait, one of Reddit's most popular communities, was shut down.
Because the site is based in Switzerland, its rules about child porn are more relaxed. On Voat, some of Reddit's most controversial - and banned - NSFW communities are now thriving. Unregulated discussion and unregulated smut go hand in hand. Underneath the anti-Reddit rants of Voat's front page lies a steaming heap of porn. "Reddit also has a problem of power hungry 'supermods' who slowly creep on to take control of hundreds of subs, which they then censor. "I think the difference is that Voat itself has no role in censorship, whereas on Reddit we're starting to see Reddit-sponsored censorship," wrote redditor braindeadunit in a thread comparing Reddit to Voat.