Neither of these seem to be against the Lemmy NSFW instance rules on the homepage…

Rule 6. No Illegal or Prohibited Content: The sharing or promotion of anything Illegal is Prohibited.

Obviously laws around anything differ from country to country, but while fictional depiction of stuff like that is not illegal, promotion of real-life animal abuse definitely is. Hopefully I’ve clarified the issue.

We are working to find a solution everyone can agree on, where we dont have to ban things like hentai with small breasts, etc. while still hitting the root problem. In the meantime we’re using our discretion to remove posts that look underage

Yeah ur right, very good point