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Am I the only one to think it's rather strange that you get redirected to csam.be when logging in to a Belgian government website using your electronic ID? Really, didn't they bother to do a quick Google search to see what CSAM stands for?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

as far as i understand it, it means child sexual abuse material. a slightly more descriptive term, but it's still child porn.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

That's what I gathered...I had just never seen it used until those weirdos started posting it here. Thankfully just saw the acronym, not any of the pictures... Unlike reddit where I was exposed to it on two separate occasions

[–] thecrotch 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Porn" implies consent. Since children can't consent, there's no such thing as child porn, hence "child sexual abuse material".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait, so 'revenge porn' implies it is consensual?

I do prefer the clearer CSAM that doesn't imply porn being inherently bad, but pretty sure that porn implying consent is a newly promoted concept.

[–] thecrotch 5 points 1 year ago

Funny you should mention that, there's a push to rebrand revenge porn as IBSA, "image based sexual abuse", for exactly that reason