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Does anybody have an idea how big child pornography is on the internet? Are those measures commensurate with the size of the problem? I'm asking seriously.
by ciconia 5y ago
Does anybody have an idea how big child pornography is on the internet? Are those measures commensurate with the size of the problem? I'm asking seriously.
- y04nn 5y agoOn a previous HN submission [1] it's about 0.06%, more than I expeted. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28110159 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28110159
- snakeboy 5y agoOn a website uniquely designed for photo upload and forensic analysis, CSAM makes up .06% of uploads. But I'd bet on a generic messaging app, the percentage of messages involving CSAM is much, much lower.
- st_goliath 5y agoHi, you must be new to this game. Here's the deal: none of this is about, or for the children. It's just a bullshit excuse to label anyone who opposes it a pedo. Same goes if "think about the terrorists" is used instead, which might come around soon-ish, since we started this round with "think about the children". OT: if somebody does have some statistics, that might actually be interesting; don't let me discourage you from responding, but I'd still call it OT, given that it's not actually about the children.
- lucb1e 5y agoFurthermore, it does not matter in the slightest what number it turns out to be. It's going to be nonzero, it's going to continue to be nonzero no matter what legislation you introduce, and so you can always use this argument for more surveillance because people (especially parents, but mostly just everyone, and understandably) get very upset about this topic.
- aj3 5y agoNirvana / perfect solution fallacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_fallacy