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M0oP0o@mander.xyz to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

High Court In India Rules That Viewing, Downloading Child Porn Is Not A Crime - The Publica

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High Court In India Rules That Viewing, Downloading Child Porn Is Not A Crime - The Publica

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The Supreme Court of India is hearing arguments from child protection organizations after the Madras High Court ruled that downloading and watching child pornography is not a criminal offense. In January, the High Court dismissed charges against 28-year-old S. Harish, who was caught in possession of two pieces of child sexual abuse material on his
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    The website is run by two Youtubers, not journalists. See their about us.

    You can see this in their rigour, quoting OpIndia, a hindu-nationalist source known for misinformation and Islamophobia (its wikipedia entry) and reduxx.info, an anti-trans news source.

    Recommended articles towards the end of the article also make it clear this is just right-wing ragebait website: African Rapist Allowed To Remain In The UK After Arguing That Deportation Would Harm His Mental Health and Sheetz Convenience Stores Accused Of Discriminating Against Minority Job Seekers By Refusing To Consider Applicants With Criminal Record

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      Thank you.

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      https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2024/Apr/19/merely-downloading-or-watching-child-porn-may-not-be-an-offence-says-sc-bench-led-by-cji ?

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        Thanks, thats a proper newspaper.

        I wasn’t suggesting the ruling wasn’t made btw, just that the source can’t be trusted to give an accurate account of it. Also we shoudln’t send traffic to websites that e.g troll about diversity.

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