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FOSTA/SESTA and other law push back on that, wherein a neutral host (website, hotel) can be held responsible for crimes commited on their property if the govern
by lupire 4y ago
FOSTA/SESTA and other law push back on that, wherein a neutral host (website, hotel) can be held responsible for crimes commited on their property if the government decides they are generally aware.
Apple doesn't want to be an accessory.
So even if they can't be required to scan, they can be punished for not scanning if something illegal turns up
- matthewdgreen 4y agoIANAL and certainly don't want to defend those laws, but I believe FOSTA/SESTA ban providers from operating services with the intent to promote or facilitate various crimes. In other words, the provider has to knowingly distribute the material. I'm pretty sure that Apple encrypting its photo backup service would not satisfy these criteria, but if it did and the only way to comply with those laws was enforced CSAM scanning, then many CSAM prosecutions based on it would probably be tossed out.