watsit said:
Not "potential risks", real and immediate consequences. As was said, they had a very short time window to comply or the whole site goes down. What else could they have done given such a short time frame with such severe consequences?We'll have much bigger problems to contend with. Contrary to how it may seem with the new rule, e621 still hosts some of the most extreme (fictional, legal) content than most other sites, including cub, bestiality, incest, guro, and rape, all completely uncensored. If furry porn itself gets targeted, e6 won't be the only site affected.
So basically someone put a gun on their head and threatened to pull the trigger (not for real of course... I hope).
But as you said, there is way more brutal stuff on this site, so why in gods name do lawmakers (or whoever decides to pulls the trigger) only focus on that one thing? If I remember correctly (but I may be absolutely wrong here because it was a long time ago), a study found out that the consumption of fictional material does not cause a individual to develop behaviors that said material had. (or something like that, I'm struggling with my limited English knowledge a bit here, please excuse if this sounds like nonsense)
Now, I'm pretty sure many have "let off some steam" to one character that is now on the purging list (may they admit it or not), but never ever had any sexual desire ever with a real human being that "resembles" said form. (I do really hope that this is the case for 99.9% of all people)
So now, I really feel like, (warning conspiracy theory incoming do not take seriously), that something they had planned didn't work out as they want to, and can no longer back-paddle from it. And the easiest way is to simply control/limit peoples "sexual fantasy/drives". Absolutely NOBODY is believing the "Protect the children" bullshit, and this sudden porn purge that happens to all sites is just such a 180 degree from over the years of goodwill and freedom.