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Comment by smallmancontrov

1 year ago

That's exactly a "think of the children" argument. CSAM moderation was always fairly strict on the big sites -- they knew it was both an existential threat and the route through which puritans such as "duped" here (nice name) would try to attack -- but they really tightened up with the ban on third party content. Now they have a chain of responsibility for every video. So, "duped," if you actually have an example of the problem you claim is rampant, why aren't you acting on it? Why aren't you lighting the fuse on that chain of responsibility? Do you want to promote the abuse of children? Or do you admit to making it up so that you could use it as a pretext for your agenda?

Also: yes, building a government blackmail database is draconian.

> CSAM moderation was always fairly strict on the big sites

Except on the largest of the sites which was successfully sued just a year and a half ago over it's years-long policy of looking the other way.

I'm no puritan, I'm just not an absolutist. The real world is complicated and I find arguments like yours annoying and naive.