Re: [iwin] 衛福部3/21會議 確定不直播

想借這串問一下，本來想說寫篇英文文章發到Reddit之類的論壇看能不能鬧更大一點（？）結果寫完了想到自己其實也不常混歐美論壇不太懂那邊生態，所以不知道到底該發去哪裡才好XDD 有版友能給點建議嗎？

附上寫好的文章

Taiwanese people's freedom of reading/watching virtual works is threatened

The government of Taiwan (R.O.C.) is planning on releasing a new policy. To explain it, people who own, create, or spread virtual artworks might be subject to disproportionately harsh penalties (up to seven-year sentence) if the governmentsubjectively considers the art works to be inappropriate content, particularly those depicting child pornography. The government claims that it is to decrease the rate for child prostitution to happen; however, the policy is completely ridiculous in my opinion for the reasons below.

First and foremost, there is no clue that virtual artworks are connected to actual child prostitution. In fact, refer to the study carried out by the experts at Sexologisk Klinik(*), virtual child pornography does not lead to real child prostitution. There is also a substantial body of research showing that violence is not related to violent video games. Based on the facts, I believe there is a higher chance that virtual artworks are not responsible for any real world crimes, including child prostitution. For instance, Japan has the lowest reported rates of sexual assault and child prostitution despite having a thriving virtual porn industry, including virtual child pornography. Engagement with virtual artworks may satisfy certain desires, potentially reducing the likelihood of harmful behaviors towards real individuals. Overall, it seems to me that virtual artworks do not result in real child prostitution. Given this point, declaring owning virtual artworks a crime would be absolutely inadequate.

Secondly, there are no REAL children being abused just because someone owns or creates virtual artworks, as long as the artworks are totally fictions. On the other hand, the freedom of the owner or the creator would be severely harmed. Once the law is implemented, rather than real criminals, individuals without criminal intent are punished. This is clearly beyond the scope of government authority. Actually, perpetrators of child prostitution in Taiwan always tend to be givenlenient sentences (usually lower than four-year sentences), which incites greatanger among our citizens. I suppose it would be a better idea for the government to deal with real-world child prostitutes rather than banning virtual artworksthat are not proven to be related.

Finally, whether the art works comply with the standard is totally decided by the government, regardless of the background or the character set of the works. Without any criteria, the policy will undoubtedly become the tool for the government to control the freedom of speech. For example, if an active user on a forum opposes an inappropriate policy the government wants to promulgate, which upsetsthe government, then the government would be able to sue the user because the user has posted a picture of a child, which does not even have to be erotic in public view. This will gradually silence all the opinions against the government, and severely undermine freedom of speech in the long term.

Despite all of the unjustified aspects of the policy, the government will stillhold a meeting to impose stricter regulations on virtual artworks on 21st, March. Moreover, the whole meeting would be held privately, making all of us afraid that the meeting will be rigged. That is why I write down and post this article.I hope that we can supervise the government together, preventing it from going further on the road of dictatorship.

Here are some of the Taiwanese people’s responses to this incident.

ACGN creator's rights promotion association: https://www.facebook.com/ACGNCRPA/?paipv=0&eav=AfbiMYSvAHueldor5H6Vbpu0kHv3Dn5gimkLEjGKmL9i1LNGBTR4UpBiTUcVzTbYvVk&_rdr

ACGN creator’s issues forum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuqokjptclQ&t=2s&ab_channel=%E5%8B%95%E6%BC%AB%E5%B7%A5%E6%9C%83

* refer to https://cbldf.org/2012/07/danish-report-discredits-link-between-cartoons-and-child-sex-abuse/

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