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• Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  CSAM stands for “material”. Adding “image” specifies what kind of material it is.

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  • bobzer@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    A “material image” doesn’t make any sense.

    I don’t know why this is the second time I’ve had a discussion about CSAM being a stupid acronym on Lemmy, but it’s also the only place I’ve ever seen people use it.

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    • Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Material. Type of material: Image

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      • bobzer@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Why say sexual abuse material images, which is grammatically incorrect, instead of sexual abuse images, which is what you mean, and shorter?

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• Devial@discuss.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Which of the letters in CSAM stand for images then ?

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  • bobzer@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Material.

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    • Devial@discuss.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Material can be anything. It can be images, videos theoretically even audio recordings.

      Images is a relevant and sensible distinction. And judging by the downvotes you’re collecting, the majority of people disagree with you.

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      • bobzer@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You’re right. It can be images, that’s exactly why saying “this man was found in possession of child abuse material images” does not make grammatical sense. It’s why CP still defines it better as we’re not arresting people for owning copies of Lolita, which you could argue is also CSAM.

        the majority of people disagree with you.

        The majority of people can be wrong.

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      • MangoCats@feddit.it ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Material can be anything.

        And, if you’re trying to authorize law enforcement to arrest and prosecute, you want the broadest definitions possible.

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