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Meta Is Refusing to Remove AI-Generated Facebook Videos of Graphic Child Abuse, Including a Baby Roasting in an Oven. Meta is making it clear: it doesn't care about AI-generated child abuse videos.
futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-ai-generated-videos-graphic-child-abuse
Replying to @eicker@lemmy.world
Unpopular opinion:
There are actions that are illegal. Recordings of those actions is illegal. Generated material counts as art. Also movies count as art. If those show an illegal action, it is not illegal. It is art. And should be protected, whether you like it or not. Same category as freedom of speech.
Replying to @antianarchist@sopuli.xyz
How does intent play into this?
Replying to @dontbelievethis@sh.itjust.works
Personal, unprofessional opinion: it plays a huge role, when it comes to a possible sentencing. Judges value factors such as intent and remorse, to adjust the sentences. However, it has to come to a case first and for that, something legally questionable has to happen. We are at the stage, where it is probably only morally questionable, but not legally.
Replying to @antianarchist@sopuli.xyz
Generally that’s still true. No one is being persecuted by the government over this. But Facebook is not the government, and is within their rights to remove objectionable or distasteful material.
Replying to @frongt@lemmy.zip
Facebook doesn’t view it as objectionable or distasteful, never has; same guys been running it since its inception as a rate your classmates site. Nothing has changed with the platform, but I do appreciate more people talking about how shitty it is.
Replying to @antianarchist@sopuli.xyz
Give me a break with this free speech stuff, as if meta isn’t constantly deleting “legal” posts it doesn’t like for political or social reasons.
This has nothing to do with legality, it’s a question of morality. Meta isn’t the government and we can absolutely call them out for their immoral policies.
Replying to @dreamkeeper@literature.cafe
Absolutely. I was only talking about the legal aspect. The morality is absolutely questionable. Besides that, it is probably very distasteful as well. I just don’t see the point of being upset about something, that is neither happening the first time, nor was unexpected. It is their platform. They can do whatever they want. And we are free to not use it.
Replying to @antianarchist@sopuli.xyz
Well, maybe this stuff can be called art or free speech. However, the US constitution only guarantees that the government can’t persecute you for your expression. It says nothing about corporations or private individuals.
Facebook is not the government. Facebook can and should do something about hateful material on its platform. People aren’t calling for the those posting AI child torture images to be arrested - they just want Facebook to stop spreading their material.
If you decide to use AI to create child torture porn, you should at least be forced to publish it yourself. Why should Facebook help you?