> enforcing that law isn't the responsibility of the victim or her family
IANAL, so I might be mistaken, but isn't the law in some places "if you see it, it is illegal for you not to report it"?
(EDIT: specifically when it comes to CSAM, that is)
IANAL, so I might be mistaken, but isn't the law in some places "if you see it, it is illegal for you not to report it"?
(EDIT: specifically when it comes to CSAM, that is)
But things can go very very wrong whenever kids talk to cops. The story they tell their parents might not be totally accurate. (ie it wasn't some boy. She in fact uploading the image herself.) Tell a false story to a cop and horrible situations can happen very quickly. Scenario B above avoids this by limiting police involvement.
It's not hard to imagine as you state, that the police is an unknown risk that it's best to avoid in these cases.
If you are a police officer, a medical professional, social worker, etc then you likely are a mandatory reporter[1] but other then those occupations... In some states IT workers are included in that as well but not all.