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Okay, so, where is your evidence of this?
Much like a fresh account created to defend the CIA's honour, the CIA does not get the benefit of doubt that they would NOT lie to hurt a guy they hate.
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> there's absolutely nothing in my files that could even marginally be classified as child pornography You're going to run into your Cardinal Richelieu one day, person who signed up to HN two hours ago in order to defend the honour of the CIA.
Announcing what you desire to be true does not make it true.
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No, it would not. Odds are there is something on your hard disk right now that could be classified as child porn, if the accuser was motivated enough. And imagine you wouldn't get to defend yourself, and no one would speak up and say "Hey come on, obviously that's not remotely CSAM" because they hated you for being a "traitor". It doesn't take a conspiracy at all, all it takes is a handful of people willing to say "S…
> No, it would not. Odds are there is something on your hard disk right now that could be classified as child porn, if the accuser was motivated enough. Speak for yourself, there's absolutely nothing in my files that could even marginally be classified as child pornography. I would think this is the same for most people. With this guy, investigators found hundreds of thousands of photos and videos of child sexual abu…
Apparently there's some in the bitcoin blockchain. Never went looking for it personally, but I assume it's encoded the same way as the image of the bitcoin logo in there.
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There would have to be a lot of conspirators involved, that first decided to plant child pornography on this guy's encrypted hard disks and his laptop, and then somehow coerced him into defending himself with the proclamation that it's a 'victimless crime'. Given how unlikely this is, it's almost certainly the case that he is a pedophile who has trafficked in child pornography with other pedophiles. I don't know abou…
No, it would not. Odds are there is something on your hard disk right now that could be classified as child porn, if the accuser was motivated enough. And imagine you wouldn't get to defend yourself, and no one would speak up and say "Hey come on, obviously that's not remotely CSAM" because they hated you for being a "traitor". It doesn't take a conspiracy at all, all it takes is a handful of people willing to say "S…
This sounds like projection.
Not everyone blunders through life with a massive stash of questionable pornography.
The criteria for determining what is and is not child pornography are quite clear: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2252A
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Prisoners can vote, it’s people with felonies in and out of jail that have a hard time voting in a lot of states.
Not in the US. Felon prisoners in DC, Vermont, and Maine can vote. That's it: https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/felon-...
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It is a legitimate defense strategy - and one that actually has valid points, at least for stuff like anime "CSAM". IMO, societies should focus more on preventing the creation of real-life CSAM: - teach children from a young age in an appropriate way about sex including what the names of genitalia are, so that in a court examination you don't have to argue about what "down there" means, and consent. Children can only…
You're possibly right on some of those points, but it would be sad to ruin home schooling for everyone. There are a number of very legitimate cases where home schooling can help kids who are having a rough time at school.
In almost all cases where kids end up homeschooled due to having a "rough time", it's because of bullying and teachers and parents not putting a stop to that crap, the rest is stuff like autistic or disabled children who don't get the resources and assistance they need.
I'd rather like to improve the conditions at school, so that all children, no matter their background and (dis)abilities, are well taken care of, and abusive behavior (outside of self-defense, obviously, which is the big problem with modern "zero tolerance" crap) is not tolerated. That is how equitable societies get created.
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It is a legitimate defense strategy - and one that actually has valid points, at least for stuff like anime "CSAM". IMO, societies should focus more on preventing the creation of real-life CSAM: - teach children from a young age in an appropriate way about sex including what the names of genitalia are, so that in a court examination you don't have to argue about what "down there" means, and consent. Children can only…
I think you'll find more pedophiles in the public school system than the home. Biological fathers have very low incidence rates of child molestation and households have limited numbers of people in them. On the other hand you have a building where it is known that lots of children attend daily and is full of people who self selected for whatever reason to be around someone elses kids all day. My high school pulled tw…
At least in Germany, evidence proves otherwise - almost half the cases in Germany are made by fathers, ten percent mothers, and of the rest a lot of different other degrees of relatives [1].
Preventing sexual abuse must focus on families, because that is where most shit happens.
As for pedophiles in schools, church and sports clubs: yes, these do exist, but are rare in numbers, and the same logic from my first point above applies: When children don't know that what they experience is not normal and that they can report this behavior, they won't.
[1] https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/panorama/sexueller-missbrauch...
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I think you'll find more pedophiles in the public school system than the home. Biological fathers have very low incidence rates of child molestation and households have limited numbers of people in them. On the other hand you have a building where it is known that lots of children attend daily and is full of people who self selected for whatever reason to be around someone elses kids all day. My high school pulled tw…
> I think you'll find more pedophiles in the public school system than the home. Biological fathers have very low incidence rates of child molestation and households have limited numbers of people in them. At least in Germany, evidence proves otherwise - almost half the cases in Germany are made by fathers, ten percent mothers, and of the rest a lot of different other degrees of relatives [1]. Preventing sexual abuse…
[0]https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11675811/
[0-2]https://www.center4research.org/child-abuse-father-figures-k...
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No, it would not. Odds are there is something on your hard disk right now that could be classified as child porn, if the accuser was motivated enough. And imagine you wouldn't get to defend yourself, and no one would speak up and say "Hey come on, obviously that's not remotely CSAM" because they hated you for being a "traitor". It doesn't take a conspiracy at all, all it takes is a handful of people willing to say "S…
>Odds are there is something on your hard disk right now that could be classified as child porn, if the accuser was motivated enough. This sounds like projection. Not everyone blunders through life with a massive stash of questionable pornography. The criteria for determining what is and is not child pornography are quite clear: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2252A
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>Odds are there is something on your hard disk right now that could be classified as child porn, if the accuser was motivated enough. This sounds like projection. Not everyone blunders through life with a massive stash of questionable pornography. The criteria for determining what is and is not child pornography are quite clear: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2252A
It does sound like projection. Your link comes down to depiction of “a minor”. How does one prove an image is an 18 year old, even if they are, and not 1 day younger? It’s unquestionable for children but not so clear near the age of 18. I think that is the point of the poster, that it’s really not clear on all porn what age the people are. Even with disclaimers they could be lies.
The most reliable way of not getting caught out storing dodgy images on your computer is to not procure them in the first place.
And, it's better for keeping a healthy and well-adjusted attitude towards sexual desire, rather than being trained on whatever pornographers want to you see. From an ethical point of view, not being complicit in the sexual abuse that is so rife in the porn industry is also a big plus.