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Because they're not CSAM?

People don't seem to grasp what kind of images end up in the CSAM databases. They are most definitely not "leaked celebrity nude selfie" level stuff.

Think of the most vile sexual thing you could do to a child and then times that by two and halve the child's age in your mind. That's the shit that gets in there.

It's not something even 4chan weebaboos share. It's stuff that makes Liveleak regulars go "ewwwww, gross".

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The issue is not that a celebrity photo might get into a CSAM database. It's that a true CSAM photo, which has been modified to have the same hash as a "leaked celebrity nude selfie", will probably get into a CSAM database.

The CSAM database is not generated by an AI. Actual people hand-pick the worst images to include in the list.

How is the human reviewer expected to make that judgement call? They’re not allowed to see the original to compare with for obvious reasons.

They see a "visual derivative" of the original.

I think they can tell the difference between a naked celebrity and a molested child.

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