1. Privacy is important and good
2. It has almost certainly contributed to an explosion in the production and sharing of child pornography and abuse
The question is what is the moral way to reconcile the two, not to deny that either exists.
1. Privacy is important and good
2. It has almost certainly contributed to an explosion in the production and sharing of child pornography and abuse
The question is what is the moral way to reconcile the two, not to deny that either exists.
Child abuse has always been happening (several of the older members of my family were abused), it just wasn't broadcasted. Even today I bet 99% of child abuse is never caught on camera. The increase from child porn is probably negligible.
However, without perfect privacy, every world citizen would be subjected to such monitoring, and we'll basically be exactly what 1984 is, with the metaphorical "telescreen" functionality spread across pretty much every device that's connected to a network.