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It is not just social media; it is the way our society is structured. Even if social media did not exist, the press would still reward people who act outraged. Just look at newspaper op eds and cable TV talk shows with discussion panels. Sports fans know that ESPN sells outrage and living vicariously through athletes/celebs as a business model.

The crux of the issue is that society rewards attention whoring behavior. I would love to see our leaders promote more "do, not tell" behavior.

Let us be clear, this technology is limited to detecting CSAM stored in iCloud and we will not accede to any government's request to expand it.

That seems like such a bizarre line to draw. Why would you spend all of this time and effort building such technology to only fight child sexual abuse? There are adult victims of abuse and trafficking. There are murders and rapes that Apple could help fight with this tech. Stolen items or stolen pets could be identified and returned to their rightful owners (for example, scan all phones within 20 miles of a lost dog).....why is Apple refusing to help fight any of these legitimate crimes?

A lot of unwanted kids out there that end up in broken homes or on the street. There are also a lot of kids born in abusive families.

Good ideas to stop the circulating would be to increase birth control education and access, increase foster care funding and access, implement common sense policies for adoption, and increase funding for Child Protective Services.