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New comment by throwaway55553 in "How do you find an illegal image without looking at it?"

throwaway55553 — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:22:14 +0000

What incentives do people have to pay? Scarcity. Which, in the era when anyone willing can just generate any questionable imagery, is no longer that scarce.

The less resources are directed towards capturing people for having bad files on their PCs, the more resources are freed up for actively persecuting any commercial operations and doing the actual field work.

New comment by throwaway55553 in "How do you find an illegal image without looking at it?"

throwaway55553 — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:45:22 +0000

There's an even better idea: forget about people looking at pixels on the screen and focus on the real world.

Why spend the limited law enforcement budget on giving officers a cushy job of catching people for the crime of using a computer, when the same limited budget can be spent on catching those who actually hurt others?

New comment by throwaway55553 in "How do you find an illegal image without looking at it?"

throwaway55553 — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:36:40 +0000

You can't have any meaningful statistics as long as people flip out whenever this topic comes up.

For some, "child predators" are those who do harmful things to toddlers.

For others, "child predators" are anyone who you want to accuse of it, like in this story: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/ke...