[leereeves]

> The issue of course being the government then pressuring or requiring these companies to look for some sort of content as part of routine operations.

Was that the case here?

[aiforecastthway]

Not requiring, but certainly pressure. See https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/09/technology/tech-giants-is... for example. Also all of the heat Apple took over rolling back its perceptual hashing.