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UK fines Reddit $19 million for using children’s data unlawfully (ico.org.uk)
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[–] -4 points 8 months ago (15 children)

The unregulated internet had literal child porn sites that were available to anyone.

I don't disagree with some of your points but the "wild West" internet shouldn't exist in society.

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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Well yes, the more CSAM detection and predator hunting, the better. Task forces and, dare I say it, detection programs with algorithms that may or may not include AI learning, are invaluable to eliminating the actually terrible stuff, anything that can't even be educational.

    I believe the Online Safety Act and Chat Control's sections that tie every user's real identity to their online actions is not a solution, because when that data gets leaked and/or abused many innocent lives are in danger. I trust the state very little. I trust unidentified malicious hackers even less.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    Leaked data doesn't even need to be dangerous to life. I, like many others, don't have "nothing to hide", but I don't still want my real name next to a list of content I've watched from streaming sites. Also I don't really want my identity tied to this pseudonym, or any other accounts on any platform. There's a crapload of problems and it would be a heaven for scammers if there was no way to stay at least relatively anonymous around the net.

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  • [–] 18 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    And how the fuck, exactly, are their new laws preventing CP sites from existing?

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  • [–] -1 points 8 months ago (9 children)

    okay so, first, were the CSAM websites illegal then? is the issue you see one of enforcement, not how the laws are written?

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (8 children)

    Yes, it has been illegal for quite some time. I'm guessing you are on the younger side?

    I'm the 90s clicking a link, even one with a legit looking url, could be a rather risky proposition. On slashdot and the like many of us would deliberately avoid many random links unless someone else commented about it first.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (5 children)

    dude i used usenet. goatseing folks happened early 2000s

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  • [–] -1 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Strange. I would have figured you would have known what was going on then.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    the text only music forums i was on in the 90s strangely didn't have any problems with csam. it's all where you congregate.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    To be honest it probably did. There's a whole army of broken heroes behind every social media site whose job it is to block and remove that kind of content. If you didn't see anything, thank the admins.

    The problem with the kinds of people who are into that kind of stuff is that they want to shove it under your nose to make you uncomfortable.

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  • [–] -1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    Lol, you don’t understand the internet, good person, but you are the physical embodiment of its current base.

    Step 1: Call fraud on a legitimate claim from someone who was there at the time.

    Step 2: Boast about your long, prolific history on the Internet to establish your credentials.

    Step 3: Double back because you stayed an a strangely singular lane, and as @paul points out, still avoiding getting it.

    Keep on keeping on, I guess.

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