Not a good look for Mastodon - what can be done to automate the removal of CSAM?

  • balls_expert@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    It’s illegal in a lot of places including where I live.

    In the US you have the protect act of 2003

    (a) In General.—Any person who, in a circumstance described in subsection (d), knowingly produces, distributes, receives, or possesses with intent to distribute, a visual depiction of any kind, including a drawing, cartoon, sculpture, or painting, that— (1) (A) depicts a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct; and (B) is obscene; or (2) (A) depicts an image that is, or appears to be, of a minor engaging in graphic bestiality, sadistic or masochistic abuse, or sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex; and (B) lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value; or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 2252A(b)(1), including the penalties provided for cases involving a prior conviction.

    Linked to the obscenity doctrine

    https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1466A

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Wow, that’s absolutely ridiculous, thanks for sharing! That would be a very unpopular bill to get overturned…

      I guess it fits with the rest of the stupidly named bills. It doesn’t protect anything, it just prosecutes undesirable behaviors.