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NNN. Whether you like it or not, Germany DID pass a bill which removed the felony status of the possession and distribution of CSAM and reclassified them as “offenses not as crimes.” https://www.bundestag.de/presse/hib/kurzmeldungen-1002810 https://www.das-parlament.de/inland/recht/mindeststrafe-fuer-kinderpornographie-delikte-soll-sinken https://apnews.com/article/germany-child-sexual-abuse-19e743b19057aa7345bf3cba4a8f6fff https://x.com/reduxxmag/status/1793073543246184646?s=46 https://www.cducsu.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/pauschale-herabsenkung-des-strafrahmens-bei-kinderpornographie-ist-ein-falsches-signal *That reduction in penalty constitutes a decriminalization by definition.* https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decriminalize
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