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How does discovering images of children go any way towards eliminating or diminishing the ACTUAL abuse of children?

Is it not more likely that law enforcement officers posing as child abuse image users infiltrate the online posters of said images with the power to locate and arrest the persons directly in their various jurisdictions?

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Yes, but of course that isn't the objective

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Literally nothing whatsoever to do with combatting child abuse. Only the dumb NPCs believe this (70% of the population).

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It's always the same - use a Trojan Horse which appeals to the emotions of the sheep - to completely destroy ALL privacy. Usually, "It's for the children"!

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What is next? Do they intend to demand our postal services to open our mailed letters and inspect the contents? Are these people even sane?

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If printing presses are used to produce child pornography, then why isn't the distribution of printing presses controlled by the U.S. government?

Because the press is protected by the 1st amendment. So is the freedom of expression.

But if print can exist and thrive without being controlled by government, why do we need government control of all other communications systems?

Shouldn't the "freedom of expression" protection of communication protect all communications systems?

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My understanding is that the argument for preventing child abuse is that pedos who look at porn are more likely to commit a crime. Certainly within a few years, most commercial child porn will be AI generated, so you're not catching those who are making it using real children.

So if this is the argument, then why not make adult porn illegal too to reduce the rape of adult women? (Ok, arguably some countries in Europe could care less about the rape of women as shown by the fact that a certain country gave longer jail sentences to women who complained than the 8/9 men who raped an drunk young teenage girl who were given no jail time at all.)

And if alternately you are trying to simply catch any perp by seeing what's on their phone, then this is just a stepping stone to the AIs policing all of your devices, not communications. Which is a clear intrusion on everyone's privacy.

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