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3/ Adding to the challenge: Federal budgets for investigative task forces that fight these kinds of crimes have barely moved in five years despite a big rise in tips. In some cases, budgets have also been ~6 months delayed. The biggest complaint we heard over and over was a lack of necessary funding
Other details:
* 16 weeks severance (minimum)
* 18 months Cobra
* Meta had to announce this early because the details already leaked via @reuters.com
"I know this leaves everyone with nearly a month of ambiguity which is incredibly unsettling," head of HR wrote
2/ The number of AI-related reports of child sex abuse material has gone from 4,700 in 2023 to 1.5 million in 2025.
Tech companies often turn to AI to find & report this material. That leads to “junk tips” that don’t have a lot of info or may be irrelevant. Example from an investigator in N.C.:
4/ I know this is a dark problem, but I’d encourage you to read this investigation.
As we speed toward a future with AI at the center of everything, it’s important to remember that this technology can also be abused if we aren’t thoughtful about how it’s deployed.
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