It's not the child pornography that is important to society. It's the freedom of speech, and the security that speech has against regulation from the government. Tor is a place where a person can securely make any sort of criticism that they want, and that security is important.
An unfortunate (but unavoidable) side effect of that security is that child pornographers also receive the same security.
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I might have read your comment wrong but are you
a) comparing child pornography to political criticism
b) saying that it "play[s] an important role within our society".
Can you elaborate?
Sorry that's not how I meant to state it.
It's not the child pornography that is important to society. It's the freedom of speech, and the security that speech has against regulation from the government. Tor is a place where a person can securely make any sort of criticism that they want, and that security is important.
An unfortunate (but unavoidable) side effect of that security is that child pornographers also receive the same security.