Maybe, just maybe, if anti CSAM activists didn’t let themselves be abused by surveillance fanatics and authoritarians over and over and over again to reduce privacy and other basic rights to the point where any mention of “protecting the children” is now seen by the vast majority of people as almost certainly an excuse for horrible rights abuses whenever it is mentioned by politicians we wouldn’t be in this situation.
In 2024, 62% of all child sexual abuse webpages found were traced to an EU country, and the Netherlands remains the most abused global location for hosting CSAM.
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Tea@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
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taladar@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
themurphy@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Maybe I know nothing, but my VPN always defaults to Netherlands in the EU.
Could it be that its just hosted there through some tunnel VPN or some shit?
I dont know how it works, so maybe its all wrong.
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
No way, how can that be if they have so many laws protecting children, must make more, surely voting for something and putting it on paper always solves problems.
What it really does, though, is to give people authorization to use force with a stated goal of fulfilling them.
b3an@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Taking this with a grain of salt coming from the UK. The same UK who really wants to backdoor encryption, and isn’t subject to the EU (Brexit).
It’s shitty that CSAM is a problem, but it’s not a solution to backdoor encryption and vacuum everyone’s data. This is what would happen. It starts with ‘protecting the children’ and moves quickly into abuse of privilege.
primemagnus@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
They only wanted a back door for regular citizens. The governments would always be secure.
So that tells you everything you need to know.
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The governments need encryption less than regular citizens. Wolves and sheep are not equal, one wolf among hundreds of sheep is still safe. It’s the sheep who need protection against that wolf. They’ll still have their hard power in any case.
Rin@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Too bad you can’t outlaw math
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If only there were modern day examples like Russia, Hungary, and even the US; or historical examples like Nazi Germany, to show where this “what about the children” excuse could lead us to…