Yes. Once you're accused, your life is over. Nobody will pay any attention to a news article the next week saying they found nothing.

You're assuming the police are nice and quickly announce when they haven't found anything. The more likely outcome is that it takes several months until the case is dropped silently.

Could you explain this? The process, according to what's publicly known, is that the images will go to NCMEC for further review, then NCMEC will report it to the authorities, if it's actually CSAM. The low paid (a big assumption here) Apple reviewer is only the final step for Apple, not prosecution.

This, these charges are damning once they are made. Plus the countless legal dollars you are going to have to front and hours spent proving innocence and that's assuming the justice system actually works.. Try explain this to your employer while you start missing deadlines due to court dates.. The police also could easily leverage this to warrant hop. As they have been found doing in the past. I think the bike rider who had nothing to do with a crime and got accused because he was the only one in a broad geo location Warren is all the president of of you need that this will be abused.

Try explaining to your employer that your employer's laptop was seized because the police took all of your computers and devices when arresting you.

A false report is not going to lead to charges. In order to bring a case they need evidence of possession.

Innocent until proven guilty or, with the way we're heading, guilty until proven innocent. And it wouldn't matter as you are now already _tainted_.