>>635038It wasn't, possession was, like it still is in Russia and India.
The problem is the laws and punishments were made before the internet, and it's completely retarded when the same rules are applied to the modern digital age. You could legally have sex with your gf in most states but if you take a photo and send it to her later you are now guilty of manufacturing/distribution/possession, and yes stuff like this really does happen. You could accidentally or unknowingly see it.
The idea of "oh you accessed the wrong series of 1s and 0s on a computer = your life is over" has to be one of the most insane laws in the history of the entire world, I'm not kidding, think about the most retard tier bronze age pagan law you can, and it's more retarded than that.