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Fair warning in some jurisdictions it is illegal to be in possession of CSAM. In my country if you're lucky the LEO responding to your call will say "delete that shit right and forget it ever existed. Otherwise I'd have to arrest you for possession of CSAM"
There's really no distinction here between reporting a discovery of CSAM and actually being in possession of it since you are already in possession of it in the eyes of the law when you discovered it.
Not saying you're wrong and I'm not a lawyer either so I don't know, but that sounds pretty stupid for multiple reasons.
Thing is, it doesn't get reported unless it's the police doing their own investigation. The law is absurd on that point and needs to be changed so "possrsion" doesn't mean "stumbled upon it by pure coincidence"
So I entirely agree with you, it's just hard to change such laws because who wants to be the politician who suggested to relax a CSAM law. It is a touchy subject here since child pornography technically was legal for a few years after pornography was legalised.
Thing is, it doesn't get reported unless it's the police doing their own investigation. The law is absurd on that point and needs to be changed so "possrsion" doesn't mean "stumbled upon it by pure coincidence"
So I entirely agree with you, it's just hard to change such laws because who wants to be the politician who suggested to relax a CSAM law. It is a touchy subject here since child pornography technically was legal for a few years after pornography was legalised.