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1) Gateway-drug theory. 2) Inability to differentiate between real and fake - less theoretical.
by DANmode 10mo ago
1) Gateway-drug theory.
2) Inability to differentiate between real and fake - less theoretical.
- usrnm 10mo agoThat's the same argument used for banning video games. By killing monsters on the screen you somehow become more violent in real life. Which is comlete bullshit
- admash 10mo agoThe difference being that sexuality is typically considered an innate desire, whilst the desire to commit violence is not. Plus, we as a species have a biological imperative to protect our offspring, but apparently an immense capacity to ignore violence committed against others.
- scotty79 10mo agoAvailability of pornography correlates with people having less sex not more on average.
- mrbombastic 10mo agoSure but there have also been numerous studies that it does affect sexual behavior and expectations for those that do have sex
- scotty79 10mo agoMonkey see. Monkey do. Nothing surprising here. Once people decide to do something then they model their actions on what they've seen. Even for such innate and strong desires. So completely hands off approach, leaving it to market forces, might not be the best course of action. But banning doesn't seem like a golden bullet either.
- scns 10mo agoThose monsters are virtual ie not real. The people harmed by this are real breathing human beings.
- usrnm 10mo agoI stated it already several times in this thread: my question is not about deepfakes, I can clearly see how those can be harmful. I'm talking about pure computer-generated content, not based on existing people
- pjc50 10mo ago> Inability to differentiate between real and fake - less theoretical. This feels like a deeper, much more important topic that I'm at risk of writing thousands of words on. It feels like the distinction used to be .. more clearly labelled? And now nobody cares, and entire media ecosystems live on selling things that aren't really true as "news", with real and occasionally deadly consequences.
- palmotea 10mo ago>> Inability to differentiate between real and fake - less theoretical. > This feels like a deeper, much more important topic that I'm at risk of writing thousands of words on. It feels like the distinction used to be .. more clearly labelled? And now nobody cares, and entire media ecosystems live on selling things that aren't really true as "news", with real and occasionally deadly consequences. I don't think he's talking about "media ecosystems" but rather enforcement. If fake CSAM proliferates (that can be confused for the real thing), it would create problems for investigating real cases. Investigative resources would be wasted investigating fake CSAM, and people may not report real CSAM because they falsely assume it's fake. So it probably makes sense to make fake CSAM illegal, not because of the direct harm it does, but for the same reasons its illegal to lie to a police officer or make a false crime report.
- DANmode 10mo agoPretty much.