Hence my question: "What am I missing?"
It fits a pretty simple pattern: "someone broke a local law, it leaked, got punished".
(1) although legal elsewhere
Even if you supported anti-pornogrophy laws (I know you aren't saying that), another reason why this should be challenged is because it's going to be enforced in gender-biased ways. Primarily women will share a disproportionate burden of scrutiny for this law, particularly so in the case of revenge porn or deepfake.
It's important to advocate for treating women fairly, even when that comes at the cost of cultural insensitivity.
Dura lex, sed lex.
Laws were humane enough when allowed one to run for president
What conclusions can we make of a culture that have both laws that get enforced in their gender-biased ways?