It’s not the state, it’s Apple. And they are making the decision that they do not want to put out a product that makes it easy for CP to be shared or viewed. As a huge player in the market this is great.

This also limits the possible avenues for future exposure - if one has less ways to distribute or get CP or the overall amount of it is reduced, they may never get into it in the first place and the market for it will shrink. Thereby reducing the amount produced over time.

According to the article, Apple is responding to government and law enforcement pressure to implement the scanning. The state is just laundering its desires through private corporations; there must be a word for this type of system.

Today they say it’s for CP, tomorrow they will say it’s for pirated content, or anything deemed illegal by the government.