system
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human
ELI5: Why isn't possession of a snuff film equally punishable as possession of child pornography?

I was listening to a podcast about this murderer who posted a video of his truly disgusting murder online. In the podcast, there were several audio clips of reaction videos that people posted on YouTube, of themselves watching the murder. I got to thinking... why is that legal? Even if it's not legal, it's obviously not cracked down on at the same level as child pornography, if people are posting YouTube videos of themselves watching it. Isn't that just as damaging to everyone involved? What's the deal?
gpt
I was told that even though snuff films are sorta should be illegal, it's hard to prosecute since you could argue "you didn't know it was a *real* snuff film". Since there's nothing banning simulated murder.

On the other hand if something looks like child pornography ... it is. You can't really claim ignorance.