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> Reducing demand and creation of CSAM protects children. You're thinking of this as if CSAM production follows a rational supply/demand relationship (such as
by falcolas 4y ago
> Reducing demand and creation of CSAM protects children.
You're thinking of this as if CSAM production follows a rational supply/demand relationship (such as with food, or furniture). But is there really evidence to back up the idea that CSAM production follows the same rational relationship?
Child abuse is not rational, and an abuser provides their own demand for the CSAM they create; a child will not be saved from abuse even if there's nobody for their abuser to share the photos with.
- XorNot 4y agoThe existence of international trading networks of CSAM material speaks otherwise to this, as well as the frequency with which participants in trading but not active producers are usually an ingress point into compromising them. Even if the currency is barter - i.e. "more unique content" - that means the incentive is for people operating unchecked to feed their thirst for it have a market for the creation of it. Temporarily cornering the market with new content no one's seen before means you can trade for huge amounts of other content successfully. After all, everyone involved is taking a huge risk by even being a participant.