>>and at rates which they were not previously able to.
your source for proof of that?
>> in the sense that if we don't clearly take a stand against abhorrent behaviour then we are in some sense condoning it.
No. this narrative of "silence is violence" and "no action is support" etc is 100% wrong.
You started out great, but i can not get behind this type of thinking...
>>Does the tech industry have any alternate solutions that could functionally mitigate this abuse?
Why is it a "tech industry" problem
>>Or do we all just shout "yay, individual freedom wins again!"
For me the answer is simple... Yes individual freedom is more important that everything. I will never support curbing individual freedom on the alter of any kind proclaimed government solution to a social safety problem. Largely because I know enough about history to understand that not only will they no solve that social safety problem, many in government are probably participating in the problem and have the power to exempt themselves, while abusing the very tools and powers we give them to fight X, for completely unrelated purposes.
Very quickly any tool we would give them to fight CSAM would be used for Drug Enforcement, Terrorism, etc. It would not be long before the AI based phashes detect some old lady's Tomato plants as weed and we have an entire DEA paramilitary unit raiding her home...
your source for proof of that?
>> in the sense that if we don't clearly take a stand against abhorrent behaviour then we are in some sense condoning it.
No. this narrative of "silence is violence" and "no action is support" etc is 100% wrong.
You started out great, but i can not get behind this type of thinking...
>>Does the tech industry have any alternate solutions that could functionally mitigate this abuse?
Why is it a "tech industry" problem
>>Or do we all just shout "yay, individual freedom wins again!"
For me the answer is simple... Yes individual freedom is more important that everything. I will never support curbing individual freedom on the alter of any kind proclaimed government solution to a social safety problem. Largely because I know enough about history to understand that not only will they no solve that social safety problem, many in government are probably participating in the problem and have the power to exempt themselves, while abusing the very tools and powers we give them to fight X, for completely unrelated purposes.
Very quickly any tool we would give them to fight CSAM would be used for Drug Enforcement, Terrorism, etc. It would not be long before the AI based phashes detect some old lady's Tomato plants as weed and we have an entire DEA paramilitary unit raiding her home...