@twidledee33 it wouldn't protect victims more, no, because writing something gross about a child is not the same as sharing pictures of a child getting raped.
@twidledee33 my main point is that you shouldn’t call csem something that isn’t csem because it’s harmful in the long run, by making it harder for people to understand what we’re talking about when we’re speaking of actual child sexual abuse. words have meaning.
@twidledee33 i do agree that that content is weird, i disagree that it’s abusive. unless it’s sent to the people it’s about or their social circles, it has virtually no impact on them, especially considering the limited reach of AO3 outside of fandom spaces.
@twidledee33 waffles and pancakes. you said ao3 allows csem, i’m telling you it doesn’t. explicit rpf about minors might be morally reprehensible but it’s not csem.
@joshoconnr4real because csem is exploitation material, ie. material that was obtained by harming/exploiting the child. i find written porn about real kids as repulsive as you do but it does not count, nor is it on the same level as actual csem.
@hexingwhat vcsem is not a real thing. csem is EXPLOITATION MATERIAL, you can’t exploit a fictional character. that’s like calling the saw franchise a virtual snuff film 🤦