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The criminalization of accessing child pornography, including federal and state laws, and the implications of these laws on individuals and society.
States differ sharply in how they regulate pornography because federal law draws clear lines around child pornography and interstate distribution of “obscenity,” while most day-to-day content regulati...
Federal law defines child pornography as visual depictions of minors engaged in “sexually explicit conduct,” and prosecutors can — and do — pursue sexting and exploitation cases involving minors even ...
Federal law already reaches “accessing with intent to view” certain child sexual material transmitted via interstate commerce, and several states have statutes broader than mere possession that can cr...