> Otherwise there's no reason to oppose real images, since the harm is done before the image is ever seen. We ban specifically real images for two general reas

> Otherwise there's no reason to oppose real images, since the harm is done before the image is ever seen. We ban specifically real images for two general reasons - one is that allowing them encourages the production of more such images, necessitating additional abuse, and the second is that for the children involved, knowing that other people are looking at those images is a huge violation. Neither of those applies for "artificial but real-looking" images.