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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by roenxi on Friday January 17, 2025 @06:58PM (#42744520)
Doesn't that imply that TikTok would be deliberately protecting high-profile individuals from CSAM prosecution? That seems like the sort of thing that should have triggered some warm-up scandals before requiring Chinese disinvestment.

It isn't like TikTok are the only part of the internet with a CSAM problem. By default anything that offers file hosting has a CSAM problem. To keep the Chinese away from blackmail material the US would have to ban any form of image hosting served from the Chinese mainland - the CSAM people go to the CSAM, it doesn't proactively seek people out.

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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by JumpCrisscross on Friday January 17, 2025 @07:10PM (#42744579)
> It isn't like TikTok are the only part of the internet with a CSAM problem

Of course not. I was just providing an easy example of what TikTok may have that we don’t want the CCP to.

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