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It's one of the most powerful weapons authorities can swing at anyone at anytime.

It's dead simple to poison some website, insert a thumb drive, or just flat out lie and put it on a device after the fact and make any target an instant socially repugnant felon. The ROI on that is fantastic

There's no evidence of it at all. In fact, logically, it doesn't make any sense that there would be: the deed has already been committed, all you are preventing is the possibility for what is called "re-victimization" and the only evidence that that ever happens is when authorities do it themselves by forcing victims to confirm they are the ones in the photos/videos.

In other words, even the claim itself is garbage.

It's a hot button for lawmakers because they want the privilege reserved for themselves. That is why these psychopaths lust after power over others, right? To partake in what money cannot buy.