> Do people honestly believe a single CSAM flag from an “innocent” image is going to result in someone going to prison in America?
being on a government maintained secret list of CSAM flagged would probably have a lot of consequences in your life going forward without you knowing about that. It may be just one innocent image which accidentally matched the hash, yet without any procedure to get you off that list or even just to learn whether you're on that list ...
>If some corrupt government wants to get you they don’t need this.
it isn't corrupt government which is a threat here. It is a well intended well functioning relatively uncorrupt government which spends a lot of effort to protect its society from terrorism, child porn, sex trafficking, drugs, etc. In case of corrupt government the situation is kind of easier - you can always learn and correct necessary things through the corrupt government officials by paying a corresponding "fee".
being on a government maintained secret list of CSAM flagged would probably have a lot of consequences in your life going forward without you knowing about that. It may be just one innocent image which accidentally matched the hash, yet without any procedure to get you off that list or even just to learn whether you're on that list ...
>If some corrupt government wants to get you they don’t need this.
it isn't corrupt government which is a threat here. It is a well intended well functioning relatively uncorrupt government which spends a lot of effort to protect its society from terrorism, child porn, sex trafficking, drugs, etc. In case of corrupt government the situation is kind of easier - you can always learn and correct necessary things through the corrupt government officials by paying a corresponding "fee".