"[...] but it feels to me like possession of otherwise illegal digital or virtual information should really be decriminalised, simply due to its immensely malle

"[...] but it feels to me like possession of otherwise illegal digital or virtual information should really be decriminalised, simply due to its immensely malleable and interpretable nature." I'm not really sure what you mean here. What makes something being "digital" or "virtual" special? Isn't the content/message more important than the way it is stored and transmitted? I mean, concretely, you really think if someone has an illegal picture on their computer, and you can prove they were aware of it, that should be treated differently than them having that same picture only printed? If someone sends an email to hire an assassin, is the fact that it was a digital message so relevant?