Swedish government gives go-ahead for police to generate CSAM

On September 7 the Swedish government, alongside Sweden Democrats, announced a string of new "tools for fighting organised crime". As part of the toolkit they announced an intent to let Swedish Police "produce and share fictional child pornographic images". But generated images are not victimless.

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Per Axbom

Designer, writer & advisor. Helping organizations navigate digital ethics, sustainable services and human consequences. Thoughts on tech, wellbeing & power.

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Stockholm, Sweden