18 U.S. Code § 1466A – Obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children
(a)In General.—Any
person who, in a circumstance described in subsection (d), knowingly
produces, distributes, receives, or possesses with intent to distribute,
a visual depiction of any kind, including a drawing, cartoon,
sculpture, or painting, that—
(1)
(A)
depicts a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct; and
(B)
is obscene; or
(2)
(A)
depicts an image that
is, or appears to be, of a minor engaging in graphic bestiality,
sadistic or masochistic abuse, or sexual intercourse, including
genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, whether
between persons of the same or opposite sex; and
(B)
lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value; or
attempts or conspires to do so, shall be subject to the penalties
provided in section 2252A(b)(1), including the penalties provided for
cases involving a prior conviction.
(b)Additional Offenses.—Any
person who, in a circumstance described in subsection (d), knowingly
possesses a visual depiction of any kind, including a drawing, cartoon,
sculpture, or painting, that—
(1)
(A)
depicts a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct; and
(B)
is obscene; or
(2)
(A)
depicts an image that
is, or appears to be, of a minor engaging in graphic bestiality,
sadistic or masochistic abuse, or sexual intercourse, including
genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, whether
between persons of the same or opposite sex; and
(B)
lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value; or
attempts or conspires to do so, shall be subject to the penalties
provided in section 2252A(b)(2), including the penalties provided for
cases involving a prior conviction.
Most recent conviction seems to be May 2016. That’s this month.
When abusive adults in fandoms prey on the children in them, try to spread that it’s okay to draw child porn of the child characters, to sexualize the child characters, they are breaking the law and encouraging minors to break the law. The law doesn’t care if you use it as a “coping mechanism” (even forgetting that abused people can become abusers themselves). This is illegal and it can get you imprisoned.
Please boost this. Not enough people know the law exists and big-name artists routinely bully people, survivors, minors into believing that spreading child porn in their fandoms is okay and to do it themselves. It’s not, and it can get rebloggers arrested for possessing and spreading obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children.
this is the best news i’ve heard all day arrest all of them
