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Because it's a good political tool that leverages parental and other human instincts to protect children. Because it puts most people in such a thought terminating blind panic you shut down thought and use it as cover for your true intentions, and give token enforcement funding for it while you direct the majority of enforcement funding for your true goals to politically control your enemies. It's old as politics itself.

It's been known for a while that this is a political technique. It is one of the four horsemen of the infoacopolypse [0] since 1988 after all. Or that “How would you like this wrapped?” comic by John Jonik in the year 2000 [1]. It's the next round of the crypto wars.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Infocalyp...

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/PropagandaPosters/comments/5re9s1/h...