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    Anyone could run it on their own computer these days, fully local. What could the government do about that even if they wanted to?

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      Anyone can make CSAM in their basement, what could the government do about that even if they wanted to?

      Anyone can buy a pet from a pet store, take it home and abuse it, why is animal abuse even illegal?

      Should I keep going with more examples?

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        What do you want them to do, have constant monitoring on your computer to see what applications you open? Flag suspicious GPU or power usage and send police to knock on your door? Abusing people or animals requires real outside involvement. You are equating something that a computer generates with real life, while they have nothing to do with each other.

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          Who is suggesting that?

          Murder is illegal, do we surveil everyone who owns a gun or knife?

          CSAM is illegal, do cameras all report to the government?

          Again, that’s just 2 examples. Lmk if you want more

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            Maybe my wording is unclear. I am wondering how they should be expected to detect it in the first place. Murder leaves a body. Abuse leaves a victim. Generating files on a computer? Nothing of the sort, unless it is shared online. What would a new regulation achieve that isn’t already covered under the illegality of ‘revenge porn?’ Furthermore, how can they possibly even detect anything beyond that without massive privacy breaches as I wrote before?

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      The govt’s job is not to prevent crime from happening, that’s dystopian-tier stuff. Their job is to determine what the law is, and apply consequences to people after they are caught breaking it.

      The job of preventing crime from happening in the first place mainly belongs to lower-level community institutions, starting with parents and teachers.