> But simply having a written text, drawn picture, photograph or a video should never be illegal in itself.

Exactly! However, reality is very sad.

A map could potentially get you in prison in India https://archive.fo/nLtJX

> The draft bill says: “No person shall depict, disseminate, publish or distribute any wrong or false topographic information of India including international boundaries through internet platforms or online services in any electronic or physical form.” The maximum penalty for wrongly depicting the map will be a fine of Rs1bn ($15m) and imprisonment for up to seven years.

India has active border disputes with both Pakistan and China. The concern is that if an Indian publisher produces maps which don't show the disputed areas as part of India then that would hurt their legal case in international tribunals and hand a propaganda victory to the other side. Land is the foundation of the state so it's not surprising that some governments react harshly to something their leaders perceive as an existential threat.

I wonder if they had scams around that somewhere/time.

It's probably due to border disputes with China.

Revenge porn. You just have information. The ex-girlfriend shouldn‘t make a drama ouf of that. The photo is only a number!

I see a lot of confusion around this topic - sharing porn images without the person's consent should always remain illegal. But just the fact that you have some images on your hard drive? That shouldn't be a crime in itself.

If you have naked images of your ex-partner, they don't magically become revenge porn until the moment you share them without permission(at which point it's a crime and it's already punishable by existing laws).

I don't see the confusion. The claim upthread was that because "in computers" everything is "a number", nothing should be illegal.

Sharing MP3s? It's just a number.

Sending death threats? Just a number.

Directing relatives to the money drop so they may get their loved one back? Just a number.

Sure, but that's not the argument I am making, so perhaps you are replying to the wrong person. I agree that all information is "just a number" and you can outlaw numbers - but I can totally see why sharing certain information would be illegal(as in - the act of sharing). These two are not mutually exclusive.