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Federal prosecutors have used the to obtain convictions involving animated or virtual depictions of minors in sexually explicit conduct—most notably the conviction of and the plea by —while courts hav...
The PROTECT Act of 2003 has been used to prosecute cases involving animated or drawn depictions of minors primarily by criminalizing “obscene” virtual child pornography and images that are “virtually ...
Federal and appellate courts have grappled with whether fictional depictions of minors can be prosecuted as obscene, producing a mixed record: the upheld a conviction for obscene written and pictorial...
affirmed ’s convictions and 20‑year sentence for numerous counts tied to child‑sex material, including both photographs of real children and Japanese anime cartoons, in a 2–1 panel decision issued in ...
The makes drawn or animated sexual depictions of minors prosecutable under federal law when they meet either a “computer-generated indistinguishable” standard or are found to be obscene under 18 U.S.C...