if pictures are speech, then either CSAM is speech, or you have to justify an exception to the general rule.
CSAM is banned speech.
if pictures are speech, then either CSAM is speech, or you have to justify an exception to the general rule.
CSAM is banned speech.
Freedom of one starts where it confirms freedom of others.
Of course everybody is going to find a point when freedom of speech have to be limited. Otherwise, anyone can justify that cutting the head of their neighbour with a katana while dancing is part of an artistic performance, and absolute free speech is only possible if all artistic expression is given complete license. Those who pretend otherwise will have no ground to defend themselves on legal basis from being wiped out of existence by the very same logic.