Whether this covers anime/manga that depicts minors is another gray area. CGI) that depict a minor in a sexually explicit way. All of the banned subreddits fall into this gray area.įurthermore, US child porn law covers digital images (i.e. Obviously the definition of “sexually explicit” is subjective, which leads to this being a very gray area of the law. A photo of a boy or girl that is not sexually explicit is fine. To be classified as “child pornography” a work must be sexually explicit or obscene. For a start, “suggestive or sexual content featuring minors” (i.e. Let’s take a step back and look at what Reddit actually banned today. It is now not a question of if Reddit will swing its ban hammer again it’s merely a matter of what it will ban. This is the slippery slope that Reddit (and its passionate users) talk about.
Whether this is because the Feds are leaning on Reddit, or because it simply doesn’t have the necessary resources to police the posting of inappropriate images, we don’t know. In other words, Reddit is well aware that this is the beginning of the end for free speech, but that it has no choice in the matter. However, child pornography is a toxic and unique case for Internet communities, and we’re protecting reddit’s ability to operate by removing this threat.” Following that, right at the end of the post, Reddit finally provides a justification for the ban: “We will tirelessly defend the right to freely share information on reddit in any way we can, even if it is offensive or discusses something that may be illegal. “We understand that this might make some of you worried about the slippery slope from banning one specific type of content to banning other types of content,” reads the the jailbait-banning missive. Reddit isn’t ignorant of the precedent that this sets. Around 30 offending subreddits have been shut down, and Reddit is promising to keep on top of any new subreddits that emerge. In an unexpected watershed moment, one of the last remaining bastions of free speech, Reddit, has banned the posting of “suggestive or sexual content featuring minors.” In one fell swoop Reddit has asserted that it retains moral control over the direction and usage of the site.
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