I need to start by saying that I have no interest in arguing about where the line should be. What constitutes pornography? What sort of fantasies become so extreme that we criminalize them? I am taking no stance on these questions, so please don't put words in my mouth.
All I'm doing is observing that there seems to be an inverse correlation between governments who cast a wide net criminalizing all border cases of CSAM, and governments who prosecute actual CSA.
That is to say: the governments who go the hardest on cartoons, who institute ID and surveillance on the citizens under the banner of protecting the children, ALSO seem to be the governments who don't give a damn when millions of children are victimized and murdered IRL.
Until the law stops being crooked, arguing about where the line should be is nothing but rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Arrest the grooming gangs, arrest the Epstein clients, then AND ONLY THEN am I interested in talking about where the line on cartoons should be.
UK-based VTuber and artist Mimi Yanagi was arrested on April 20 for her own drawings of anime-style characters.
These drawings were 100% fictional, made up by her, with no real people involved.
UK law still treats these kinds of drawings as illegal child pornography, police took all her computers and devices.
She has now been released on bail, but she is not allowed to post any “adult” content. She must also use an account name approved by the police.
The UK is lost, you can’t even draw now, they will put you in prison