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Re:AI beats human sleuth at finding problematic images in re... by Semaphor on Thursday October 05, 2023 @04:49AM (#37776291)
Good thing you aren’t German where this would now probably be illegal because we have politicians that are scared of thinking (possession of CSAM leaves no more way for a judge or a prosecutor to not prosecute or stopping, no matter the reason, even if the reason is to bring it to the police, a proud tradition in Germany, making the removal of CSAM harder, that Ursula von der Leyen started).

A German legal discussion about this is here [0] where a teacher who wanted to help is now being prosecuted (simpler summary here [1]), and apparently those idiots now finally plan to change the law after exactly those issues were explained to them when they started implementing this law.

[0]: https://community.beck.de/2023/08/30/wenn-gesetzgeber-und-ju...

[1]: https://www.lawblog.de/archives/2023/08/28/staatsanwaltschaf...

Re:AI beats human sleuth at finding problematic images in re... by geek_at on Thursday October 05, 2023 @05:10AM (#37776416)
Oh wow that's really fucked up.

Here in Austria the police is not very well trained on any computer related crimes either. When I initially found the first CSAM image my first instinct was to call the non-emergency line of the Police and the officer told me to "print out the images, and bring them to the next police station".

I had a thought that this would be a very very stupid thing to do so I contacted Interpol and they sad basically "omg whatever you do, don't print those out and don't carry them around"

Re:AI beats human sleuth at finding problematic images in re... by Semaphor on Thursday October 05, 2023 @05:17AM (#37776470)
> "print out the images, and bring them to the next police station".

Wow, I think that would have been an issue here even before the change, only then the prosecutor could have decided to stop the proceedings before it even went to court.

Re:AI beats human sleuth at finding problematic images in re... by lynx23 on Thursday October 05, 2023 @05:29AM (#37776529)
Ahh, austria police. A few years ago, my neighbour had an aggressive episode and ended up telling me "I bring di um". Naiv as I was, I called the police, which prompts answered "Do kemma nix tuan".
Re:AI beats human sleuth at finding problematic images in re... by geek_at on Thursday October 05, 2023 @06:45AM (#37776958)
oh classic. Nothing is "gefährliche Drohung" unless it's pointed at public figures
Re:AI beats human sleuth at finding problematic images in re... by lynx23 on Friday October 06, 2023 @03:08AM (#37787947)
True that. Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi.
Re:AI beats human sleuth at finding problematic images in re... by addandsubtract on Thursday October 05, 2023 @08:25AM (#37777680)
Can't you get a lawyer to file a restraining order? It unfortunately costs time and money, but at least it would deal with your neighbor.
Re:AI beats human sleuth at finding problematic images in re... by lynx23 on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @05:15AM (#37842411)
How does a restraining order help with a mentally unstable person? Do you seriously believe in time of crisis, they will remember "Oh yeah, but there is this outstanding restraining order, so I need to calm down"?
Re:AI beats human sleuth at finding problematic images in re... by Am4TIfIsER0ppos on Thursday October 05, 2023 @05:50AM (#37776643)
> print out the images, and bring them to the next police station

That lets them solve an easier crime than finding the person who uploaded them or even who made them. Sounds like the police are pretty smart there. "Today we busted an individual who was intending to distribute child porn."