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>Almost immediately sub-reddits pop up that are at the very least attempting to skirt the law, and often directly breaching the law- popular topics on reddit included creative interpretations of the age of consent for example, or indeed the requirement for consent at all.

What do you mean? It's not in any way illegal to discuss such topics.

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LOL, tell that to the NSA/FBI and see how they feel about those conversations when they need to dig up dirt on you. :P

It’s not technically illegal to have those conversations, but it’s in some kind of a grey area, because if you’re having conversations like those; the immediate question is of course why…it’s tough to find reasons to bring up that topic other than the obvious.

That's a problem for those LEOs, not for the moderators.

They weren't just discussing the topics, they were literally posting child porn.

Sure, delete the CP and allow the discussion. What's the problem?

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