https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/german-lawmakers-have-not-voted-decriminalise-possessing-child-pornography-2024-06-19/
I think this is most notable for how it was blown out of proportion by hysterical folks online, even the slightest moves in the direction of decriminalization face some opposition or flak.
Thanks for the news
We were talking about these changes a little while ago
http://onion.tor.my/forum/index.php?topic=26156.msg280969#msg280969
It is interesting to observe how the news was portrayed, Pedophilia is being used again as a cudgel, even with protests and accusations the reduction has happened and this is something positive, right and left political movements are different in many regions but it is very common for the extreme right to try to use pedophilia to attack sexual freedom movements.