This is the one thing we didn't want to happen.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters use it as a shorthand for British media panic over child abuse and for officials' technical incompetence, for example in threads about content scanning and Apple's NeuralHash.
Recommended by 0 people across 0 different months, 2021 to 2026.
What it is
A 27-second clip, apparently from the British satirical series Brass Eye, uploaded by the channel poopdedoop in 2016. The YouTube description is empty, so the context comes from the clip itself and the comments.
What people said
Cites hughrr · 2021-08 · Hacker News · on “Hash collision in Apple NeuralHash model”
I am aware of the details. The episode of Brass Eye comes into context here, the relevant clip being as follows, showing exactly the issues of competence. [this video]
Cites mikkupikku · 2026-01 · Hacker News · on “UK Expands Online Safety Act to Mandate Preemptive Scanning”
Saying that Musk should stop his bot from generating underage waifus is fine and agreeable, but construing that with actual CSAM is plainly manipulative. Of course, the British media has long been known for ""nonce"" hysteria, probably because they know the government and royales are degenerate criminals but don't have the spine to go against the local establishment for it, so instead they redirect that energy in bizarre directions. [this video]