Oof... that's bad.

Not even sfw are safe it seems.

“The legal definition of pornography does not even require that the content was created for the purpose of inducing sexual arousal, since it is sufficient that it has this function “in the eye of the beholder” (e.g. pictures of naked minors playing normally on the beach).”

Is this the only site mention the ban?

Italy needs a visit from representative Tifa, teach those corrupt spaghetti eaters whats right.

It's only illegal if you get caught.

I know it's a joke.
It's the government who are just out of touch old farts who their minds is of a broken record.
Most EU countries have great anti-trust laws and it's lead by the new.


China banned porn at one point, but that didn't stop the civilians for doing it despite the commies here.

The government isn't out of touch, they're just power hungry. They know what they are doing isn't helping people and their only intention is to benefit themselves while making sure the consequences of their laws only hit the common people.

Does a VPN in this case keep you from being seen partaking in the content? Yes, I am paranoid.

The real answer is that nobody knows. It might be on the books as being illegal, but some jurisdictions have ruled that those laws violate the 1st ammendment. Because of this, any future case might rule either way, even in places where its on the books as illegal.

From what I've seen, nobody in the system really wants to answer the question either.

A VPN is good enough to keep your ISP from finding out that you're a loli enjoyer, if that matters to you. Honestly if you're on any of the major US ISPs (Xfinity, Frontier, Verizon, Sparklight, Cox, AT&T U-verse, Spectrum, CenturyLink, Astound), you should be using a VPN as much as is feasible, because heaven knows they're selling your browsing data and habits to the highest bidder.

A VPN is *not* good enough to protect you if three-letter agencies take an interest in what you're doing online, but three-letter agencies don't care about lolis, so don't give them a reason to care about anything else you're doing, and you'll be okay.