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Re:Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploita... by hsbauauvhabzb on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @07:49PM (#47511241)
The problem is all these ‘for the children’ arguments contain collateral damage.
Re:Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploita... by pylua on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @08:10PM (#47511432)
It does seem like it could potentially be used to enforce mass surveillance over the people of the United States
Re:Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploita... by simmerup on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @08:18PM (#47511509)
Alphabet can grep your emails, Amazon has literal microphones and cameras in most peoples houses

That ship has sailed

Re:Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploita... by pylua on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @08:50PM (#47511744)
Yes google analyzes everything you upload to it and if it finds a violation will report to the proper gov agencies.

It is actually terrifying . If you write something out of context or upload an image out of context you can be in big trouble.

Re:Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploita... by intended on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @02:41AM (#47514053)
Well, the problem is that the “don’t do it” arguments have children as the collateral damage.

We are at a point where we are picking and choosing collateral damage targets.

Re:Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploita... by vaylian on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @02:52AM (#47514128)
And the effectiveness for the stated goal is also often questionable.