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 Pornography in general is a blight on society, and this mentality shows how little many people think of their fellow man and the consequences their degeneracy may have on others. I cannot express just how vehemently I oppose pornography in all its forms, and this recent ability to create it with believable likenesses of real people without their permission may be the most vile permutation we have seen to date.

That said, there is very little that can be done about it. 

I am not an anarchist. I believe there is a legitimate role for civil government to play in society. Nevertheless, that role should be kept as small as possible, and I cannot see a way to curb vile actions like those mentioned above without imbuing SOME institution, government or otherwise, with the authority to censor speech, which authority can be too easily used to censor any other form of speech.

Sadly, this means that as long as there is a market for it, such content will be made, and I can't foresee a time where the market for it will dry up.

Maybe someone more intelligent or inventive than me can think of a way to curb it without endangering freedom of speech in general, but I cannot.