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Hmm, this is something I haven't heard about. Can you actually register as an instance hoster with the FBI or equivalent to say "hey I have a service that may be exposed to CSAM, I do not condone this and will report any cases of it that I see"? If so that could reduce a lot of people's specific legal fears of hosting.
Not with the FBI, but with the national center for missing and exploited children, who collate reports and work with the FBI. Cloudflare and others have services that route all images through their detection systems and will auto block and report CSAM. I didn't want to use cloudflare, but turns out if somehow I did accidentally host it, I would be charged with hosting it. I have to report it or I'm the responsible party
That's good to know. I've had some half baked plans to host a public instance for a while (will probably get to it in winter) and honestly the legal risk has been something that's really held me back. Knowing I have a way to cover my ass for removing it is great.
Unfortunately this isn't applicable outside of the US in many cases, like in my case.