https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/01/police-break-up-largest-pornography-ring-in-taiwans-history
"according to local media" Something to be wary of is that there is an unreasonable bad faith "think of the children" group (ECPAT) which has a tendency of seeing a bill which doesn't have quite the language they like, but which would cover something, and they will ask for very explicitly specific language, otherwise they'll yell about how x is legal. I've seen quite a few cases of them doing that.
They also tend to promote prohibitionist and overly vague / broad language which is detrimental to human rights (which is why you occasionally get countries thumbing whatever crap they're spewing).
I'm not going to comment on this particular case, but if I don't cover that background, then that risks misinformation.
While ECPAT is supposedly an international group, their circle of people who I've seen engage in policy discourse tend to be overwhelmingly British, and are even said to have links to the British Conservative Party which has veered into the far right. It is said that they have a religious background.
It's honestly disturbing that a few people with strange ideas (and from one particular country) can go around trying to peddle their censorship prescriptions.
Let's suppose it wasn't the U.K., let's suppose it was the same circumstances but involved Russia, or I dunno, Ireland. It still wouldn't be good.
