@maxmustermann @lonelyowl13 @phnt @p @ceo_of_monoeye_dating @dagda @Kirino > German lawmakers have not voted to decriminalise possessing child pornography, contrary to widely viewed social media posts.
> Instead, they have backed reducing the minimum jail terms for possessing, distributing or acquiring such material.
> With a minimum jail term under one year, the offences are now considered misdemeanours rather than felonies, added the spokesperson. This is confirmed, opens new tab by section 12 of the German Criminal Code.
> By downgrading the lesser offences to a misdemeanour, it allows for shorter sentences to be imposed or for the case to be dropped, added the spokesperson.
not quite https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/german-lawmakers-have-not-voted-decriminalise-possessing-child-pornography-2024-06-19/

also lmao wtf is wrong with germans:
>With a one-year minimum sentence there was no way someone “who had not acted out of paedo-criminal energy” could avoid jail, said the justice ministry spokesperson, for example when a mother finds child pornography on her offspring’s phone and forwards it to other parents or teachers to alert them.