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by wickedsight 10 days ago
This is correct. Also, the people who produce CSAM usually don't just stop, so tracking down material, especially new and unknown, is one of the most important ways to stop active abuse. Also because the material is actual proof and many (C)SA cases fail due to lack of exactly that.

This doesn't mean I agree with active scanning of things like iCloud, effectively making everyone a suspect, but counter to what people here seem to think it really might help prevent CSA.
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inigyou 10 days ago
> the material is actual proof

How do you square this with fictional material being illegal?

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paulryanrogers 10 days ago
IIRC, courts in the US ruled it's legal to produce entirely fictional art depicting children in explicit scenes, so long as no real minors were involved in production.
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giantg2 10 days ago
Just Google "arrested for AI generated CSAM" and you will find tons of cases, including police officers as perps. Looks like the Protect act of 2003 make it illegal if basically looks real enough (cartoon ok, AI generated realism is apparently not).
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giantg2 10 days ago
I completely get tracking CSAM to get to the creator to stop the abuse. But how does that work for fictional works that are considered CSAM?
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