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Re:Judge Orders Twitter to Unmask FBI Impersonator Who Set O... by encom on Thursday October 08, 2020 @05:59AM (#24717602)
CP isn't a free speech issue. It's a child abuse issue. Even a hypothetical no-holds-barred free speech extremist situation, CP would still be illegal.
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Re:Judge Orders Twitter to Unmask FBI Impersonator Who Set O... by save_ferris on Thursday October 08, 2020 @07:54AM (#24718247)
Proponents of child porn argue that it should be protected speech, just as distribution of legal porn is often argued on free speech grounds.

I completely agree that it child porn exposes children to abuse and should be illegal, but it’s important to note how proponents of that medium argue for its legitimacy.

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Re:Judge Orders Twitter to Unmask FBI Impersonator Who Set O... by mason240 on Thursday October 08, 2020 @12:10PM (#24720490)
There is a coinvent sidestep to this issue.

Distributing sexual images of someone without their consent is a clear crime against that person. Children can not consent.

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Re:Judge Orders Twitter to Unmask FBI Impersonator Who Set O... by UncleMeat on Thursday October 08, 2020 @10:36AM (#24719431)
> Even a hypothetical no-holds-barred free speech extremist situation, CP would still be illegal.

This is what they always say. All of the exceptions get some reason why they don't count as free speech. Why can't this argument be used on both sides?

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