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I actually do not agree with them being arrested.

While I recognize the issue of identification posed in the article, I hold a strong opinion it should be tackled in another way.

AI-generated CSAM might be a powerful tool to reduce demand for the content featuring real children. If we leave it legal to watch and produce, and keep the actual materials illegal, we can make more pedophiles turn to what is less harmful and impactful - a computer-generated image that was produced with no children being harmed.

By introducing actions against AI-generated materials, they make such materials as illegal as the real thing, and there's one less reason for an interested party not to go to a CSAM site and watch actual children getting abused, perpetuating the cycle and leading to more real-world victims.

I'm afraid Europol is shooting themselves in the foot here.

What should be done is better ways to mark and identify AI-generated content, not a carpet ban and criminalization.

Let whoever happens to crave CSAM (remember: sexuality, however perverted or terrible it is, is not a choice) use the most harmless outlet - otherwise, they may just turn to the real materials, and as continuous investigations suggest, there's no shortage of supply or demand on that front. If everything is illegal, and some of that is needed anyway, it's easier to escalate, and that's dangerous.

As sickening as it may sound to us, these people often need something, or else things are quickly gonna go downhill. Give them their drawings.

And if you want to have two weekends, 60 hours in 5 days is 12 hours of work a day, minus 8 hours for sleep you get 4 hours, minus ~2 hours commute you get 2 hours, and the rest is basic cooking and eating. This leaves 0 hours for anything else, including rest or even any other duties that you'll end up resolving throughout the weekends. This will absolutely kill you in the long run.

They stopped their official Mastodon presence citing having not enough resources to maintain communities everywhere, which caused outrage among the Fediverse.

Previously, they vocally supported the actions of Trump administration on the matters of Internet privacy, which caused a massive backlash.

So, essentially, they have alienated a lot of userbase by making questionable moves.

Yandex.

In Russia, Yandex is, like, everywhere, and it is a massive evil.

• Search, maps, mail, browser, cloud, and everything else Google offers? Check.
• Music, films? Uh-huh.
• Taxi and food delivery? Gotcha.
• Tickets to anything from a bus or a train to a concert venue? Yes.
• Four marketplaces and one freelance platform? All Yandex.
• Tax processing? Yes!
• Home assistant? Yep.

It's increasingly hard to avoid, and it is absolutely everywhere. Its use can be mandated by your workplace and in various state institutions, and for the rest, it has acquired so much of everything that going Yandex-free in Russia is one step away from going Amish. It's way way worse and more incidious than Google could ever hope for.

Unlike Threads, I kind of even don't mind

Tumblr is generally cute, and while we should be on the watch still, I think it could enrich the Fediverse community.

The question to me is - do we even have to fluoridate water and is this really the best approach?

For example, most European countries do not commonly use fluoride in their water supply, and everyone's just fine! No extra cavities, no special health risks. People commonly drink tap water and do not care about potential for any adverse effects, because it's just that - clean water. And for any teeth-related issues, you already have your toothpaste providing more than enough fluorine.