Let’s get rid of the printing press because it can be used for smut. /s
GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Every now and again I am reminded of my sentiment that the introduction of “media” onto the Internet is a net harm. Maybe 256 dithered color photos like you’d see in Encarta 95 and that’s the maximum extent of what should be allowed. There’s just so much abuse from this kind of shit… despicable.
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
great pointless strawman. nice contribution.
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
It’s satire of your suggestion that we hold back progress but I guess it went over your head.
_cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
It’s not a strawman if they repeat your own logic back at you. You just had a shit take.
GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
my take was everyone should be illiterate. good work.
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It is easy to very feel disillusioned with the world, but it is important to remember that there are still good people all around willing to fight the good fight. And it is also important to remember that technology is not inherently bad, it is a neutral object, but people could use it for either good or bad purposes.
SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
With that logic, I might as well throw away my computer and phone and go full Uncle Ted.
adhdplantdev@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I think it just shows all the hideousness of humanity and all it’s glory in a way that we have never confronted before. It’s shatters the illusion the humanity has grown from its barbaric ways.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Raping kids has unfortunately been a thing since long before the internet. You could legally bang a 13 year old right up to the 1800s and in some places you still can.
As recently as the 1980s people would openly advocate for it to be legal, and remove the age of consent altogether. They’d get it in magazines from countries where it was still legal.
I suspect it’s far less prevalent now than it’s ever been. It’s now pretty much universally seen as unacceptable, which is a good start.
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
The youngest Playboy model, Eva Ionesco, was only 12 years old at the time of the photo shoot, and that was back in the late 1970’s… It ended up being used as evidence against the Eva’s mother (who was also the photographer), and she ended up losing custody of Eva as a result. The mother had started taking erotic photos (ugh) of Eva when she was only like 5 or 6 years old, under the guise of “art”. It wasn’t until the Playboy shoot that authorities started digging into the mother’s portfolio.
But also worth noting that the mother still holds copyright over the photos, and has refused to remove/redact/recall photos at Eva’s request. The police have confiscated hundreds of photos for being blatant CSAM, but the mother has been uncooperative in a full recall. Eva has sued the mother numerous times to try and get the copyright turned over, which would allow her to initiate the recall instead.