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> With that said: the order is clearly impossible to execute.

It is clearly possible to execute, it would just require much higher costs per image that ClearView processes and the probable need for ClearView to avoid using any images that they can't verify the location of in am economical fashion.

Saying it is "impossible" is different from saying that the costs of compliance would fundamentally change ClearView's business model.

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I think at that point most people would consider it a very different kind of service.

You don't need the Internet or AI to collate pictures and the data on them into a database.

Sure, but the point is that their business is not viable then. If it's illegal to serve childporn and imgur can't profitably detect if it's serving childporn or not, then imgur is doomed. I think no one would dispute that?

Depends, what level of accuracy are you demanding?

If the answer is 100%, then yes, all user-generated content on the internet will have to be banned unless subject to manual human review before allowing the post to be seen, and even that is probably not perfect.

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