if i put up a random E2E encrypted messaging side project i made on github and then people started using it for CSAM?
People use government built sidewalks to sell drugs, does that mean I can sue the govt for the drug trade?
People use government built sidewalks to sell drugs, does that mean I can sue the govt for the drug trade?
1. If drug dealers used my backyard. 2. If I knew about it and did absolutely nothing about it.
And yes, if the government knows about someone selling drugs and does nothing about it, you can sue the government.
At least in theory, in countries not ridden with corruption (which probably aren't that many).
at least in the US, there are only a few limited times the government is open to civil litigation - and nonenforcement of the law is not usually one of them
Should've left the "I am not a lawyer" disclaimer.
Thanks for the clarification.
i don’t think it makes a ton of sense to me that the encryption or lack thereof is the relevant factor - if we think that proprietors of unencrypted messaging should be required to turn over chat logs, then encrypted messaging should probably be illegal or we have left a massive loophole in.
the scale being the relevant issue is another thing as well. i worry that if you somehow create a protocol for dencentralized messaging, you somehow then become liable for misuse of what could have been an academic project, etc.