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• petunia@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They didn’t bother outlawing possession of CP until 2014 edition.cnn.com/2014/06/…/japan-child-porn-law Distribution was legal right up until 1999

  Under the new law, people in possession of child pornography have one year to dispose of it before they risk prosecution.

  Very considerate!

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• nandeEbisu@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They go after it mainly to appease external forces like other countries objecting to it, but people who are convicted often get very light sentences.

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