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    During Supreme Court proceedings, HS. Phoolka, who represented the child advocacy groups, noted that Harish had constantly watched the video over the course of two years.

    In case anyone thinks the ruling is actually about “accidental” downloads

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    Yeah, it’s not even just a sensationalist headline. It’s what they ruled. How are we supposed to reconcile this with the rest of the world? I’m genuinely asking. How do you include a country with leadership like this in the future of the world? Someone enlighten me.

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      A more important headline is that there currently are not laws in place to outlaw the possession and viewing of child pornography. It shouldn’t be up to the court to set a precedent of its illegality, but rather a clear law making it illegal.

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        It seems there is an amendment in the POSCO act for this situation but somehow it is not being enforced properly. Maybe the amendment is poorly wordly¿? I am not a lawyer though so I might be wrong

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      … In good company.

      No trouble at all if everyone else is doing it. I mean, it’s not like only Epstein had an island…

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    So let me get this straight. My county banned most of the popular porn sites because of the negative influence it can have on the populace but has such a poorly written and enforced law that people who possess and watch CSAM are deemed to be not breaking the law. What the actual fuck is going on here. This is a dangerous precedent being set here and I can only hope that supreme court overrules the case and holds the guy guilty.

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      Remember to vote against BJP. India has a beautiful culture and a lot of the Indian students I met in college were really amiable, thoughtful people, but BJP is ruining it.

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        Well Muslims there saw the shit coming way before 2020. But Hindus be like Heil Modi and world leaders applaud and can’t wait to do business

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          You’re generalizing too much, so many Hindus have spoken against him and OTOH there are also Muslims like Shehla Rashid who became turncoats or have stayed silent.

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            Agree on generalizing, I made a huge shortcut. But his popularity ratings have never been so high

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          Saving Indian minorities is well below having a counterbalance to China on the Western priority list, unfortunately. Realpolitik strikes again.

          If this goes far enough China could actually be easier to deal with, long-term. I hope they’ve thought of that.

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      Good luck mate, South Asia in general is fucked and they’re all busy one upping each other on the fucked up list. You’re better off abandoning ship to some other place.

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    I mean…

    looks at sexual assault rates in india

    …yep, par for the course. Guess which country will be uninhabitable by 2040-2050s too.

    Don’t need to be a racist about it, but just know that problem will not just go away and will require robust infrastructure and strong mental health care to handle properly.

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    I thought it might just have been about a badly worded law, but no, at least from the translation given, the law seems pretty clear, and the opinion from the court seems extremely strange.

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      They, or someone they know, most likely sitting on gb’s of the stuff.

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    India has been taken over by backwards-ass right wing religious fundamentalists.

    India “became the world leader in internet blackouts”, straight up government control. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/25/a-tool-of-political-control-how-india-became-the-world-leader-in-internet-blackouts?

    Horrific violence covered up in Manipur on the minority christian community. The country is sliding into some barbaric behavior. https://www.wired.com/story/internet-shutdown-manipur-burning-in-the-dark/

    Since May 4, the Indian government has shut off the internet in Manipur, giving cover to murders, rapes, and arson.

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    Madras High Court Judge N. Anand Venkatesh also noted that it was “done in privacy without affecting or influencing anyone else.”

    ummm, how about the child sexual abuse victim? bad enough the misogyny and oppression of women’s rights that comes with right wing religion everywhere, RSS/BJP certainly playing their part. the child dude, think of the child.

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    The Supreme Court of India’s debate on child pornography’s potential semi-legalization comes amid an ongoing debate in the nation regarding the criminal status of marital rape. According to Supreme Court Observer, a decision is currently pending to determine if marital rape will be made legal in the country, as it is currently not considered a crime in situations where the raped “wife” is not a minor.

    Yeah, no. Fuck this country and every single person who stands by this shit.

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      It’s entirely possible most people live in a jurisdiction with similar laws. I’m not saying it’s good, but I’m saying this is Earth and you can only set your standards for evil so high.

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    Coming to this thread after seeing lemmites defend AI generated child porn is a tonal whiplash I wasn’t expecting.

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      I’ll huff the copium and assume it’s good that we’re not all just a hive mind.

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      I suppose the feeling is that no actual children are harmed in making AI porn. It’s still something that sexualises kids though so I’m not sure how valid that argument is.