@Frombo
You never addressed my examples of an adult reporting cp to another adult. Or an adult reporting cp to LE. Do you consider that illegal/liability?
thats not the topic of this discusson. but if you want to get into the nitty-gritty, law enforcement is much more likely to look into what actually happened when its two adults in a chat room before they start exerting manpower into it.
in my example of a disgruntled child mod going to the police because they got fired/want revenge on a troll, etc- unless that child mod has second thoughts and explains what actually happened, law enforcement is going to start looking into it and possibly open a case/investigaton until things are clear.
in my example of a parent opening their childs phone and finding reports that contain illegal imagry, the parent also wont explain to law enforcement what actually happened because they wont know or they wouldnt care. law enforcement opens an investigaton.
adults on a chat room would be different. my point is that much less questions will be asked before law enforcement opens an investigation if its a child or a childs parent coming to them about an online chat room. an adult going into a police station is much more likely to be heard out, and then promptly thrown out when they realize what a mod is and that the reports are from people trying to stop the bad guys. and then they'd tell them to contact the cyber-police about the actual perpretrators.
not so much if its a child going in there or a concerned parent.not only would they likely just start an investigation right away but there's also a very good chance law enforcement would take the stance that I've been trying to prove here: and that even if they took the time to understand what was happening and learned the ins and outs of chat ave and its mods, theres a good chance that law enforcement wouldn't care and STILL count people sending reports to a minor while knowing full well that mod is a minor as breaking the law just as much as the person who orginally sent it.
either way, two adults isnt the situation we're talking about in any case. you're comparing apples to oranges. classic derail move
the point is, regardless of your ethical questions: is that when you have a child mod there is a small but real chance that they can use the reports they've received from users against them. and the point also is that aside from that, theres a good chance its not even actually legal to report p0rn of any kind to a minor knowing those images are being shared with them.
