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Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore have been campaigning to address child sexual exploitation for a while. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(organization) https:/
by jai_ 4y ago
Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore have been campaigning to address child sexual exploitation for a while. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(organization) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(organization)
I would guess they are simplying sponsoring this legislation sincerly without understanding the privacy ramifications if it passed.
- belter 4y agoProblem is Ashton Kutcher in real life, always seems to play the role of the useful fool: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/01/14/watch-cnbcs-full-interview-with-ashton-kutcher-and-wework-ceo-adam-neumann.html https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/01/14/watch-cnbcs-full-inter...
- slackdog 4y agoMy guess is that the actors are actors, being paid to represent the interests of others who don't care to be famous themselves.
- wewxjfq 4y agoThe initial link claims they are lobbying for client-side scanning while they are offering a commercial product for client-side scanning.
- jonnybgood 4y agoWhat commercial product are they offering?
- whstl 4y agoAccording to this article, it seems they want to sell it directly to chat applications. "There's a company called Thorn that is lobbying for the scanning contract and would love to get a government mandate for its software to be installed into your chat clients," he said. Apparently Apple didn't want to pay and developed their own in-house, only to scrap it after complaints from the public. https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/13/clientside_scanning_csam_anderson/ https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/13/clientside_scanning_c...
- unity1001 4y agoWow this is literally textbook crap.