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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

it seems ridiculous to prosecute the particular crime of posession

what does this even mean? you mean with people hoarding CSAM shouldn't be charged because they're not distributing it?

Do people think there would be some dramatic explosion of CSAM?

Yes, this is not your local backwater town where you know there are a few visibly shitty & disgusting people and people tell their kids to stay away and everyone becomes safe. And if you think shit doesn't explode on the internet, you might be living under a rock last 2 decades.

That's stupid on a whole new level and your made up scenario doesn't make it any better. No one is threatened for having been sent some questionable content. The person who sent those however might be and the tech today makes it incredibly easy to prove where anything came from since everyone is being tracked.

Seize all funds received for distributing it, throw anyone involved in producing it in prison and throw away the key,

How about we prevent such things from happening by discouraging it in the firat place? Sure, they won't be down to 0, but your solution starting after the distribution has already started is highly disturbing.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think the problem that poster was trying to illustrate is that it is unpractical to shut down a site or force a site to spend a significant overhead just cause a user could post a certain sequence of bytes to the site. An analogy to the real world would be some guy paints some graffiti on the pavement and the response, every time, being the complete shutdown of the entire city for a month or complete surveillance on every cm^2^ of pavement plus cleaning crews standing by every 10m.

Poster does not want his favourite site going down cause of some bad actor.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

what does this even mean? you mean with people hoarding CSAM shouldn’t be charged because they’re not distributing it?

He's just a dirty MAP apologist. Ignore him.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They claim it stands for Minor Attracted Person

… and that’s better? There are already separate terms for those attracted to under age people vs prepubescence people. The latter is a serious mental condition that needs help. The former is something society has largely agreed upon being morally wrong. In what world is “MAP” sufficient cover? Weird.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It's just PR so they don't feel weird about being pedos

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

They're both immoral regardless of any mental health issues.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

what does this even mean? you mean with people hoarding CSAM shouldn't be charged because they're not distributing it?

This means that current prosecution violates principles of criminal prosecution: namely requirement of intent.