What kind of abuse of this new feature even comes close to outweighing the benefits of being able to connect reported abuse to certain IP addresses individually, and probably more usefully statistically?
Sure there is potential for people to be wrongfully reported, and sure this makes it easier to do, nevertheless; more data is always better than less data when tracking down criminals.
I doubt every report would be investigated, but if there were a few reports from different users pointing to one person, that would be a data point that would not have been known previously.
If you (or I) are wrongfully reported, wouldn't the hassle of answering a few questions about your life (if it ever even came to that) far outweigh the benefits of increasing the protection of children, and even adults?
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What kind of abuse of this new feature even comes close to outweighing the benefits of being able to connect reported abuse to certain IP addresses individually, and probably more usefully statistically?
Sure there is potential for people to be wrongfully reported, and sure this makes it easier to do, nevertheless; more data is always better than less data when tracking down criminals.
I doubt every report would be investigated, but if there were a few reports from different users pointing to one person, that would be a data point that would not have been known previously.
If you (or I) are wrongfully reported, wouldn't the hassle of answering a few questions about your life (if it ever even came to that) far outweigh the benefits of increasing the protection of children, and even adults?