Did any of you read the law? :-/ it's for special cases where children take pictures of themselves & send them to each other / report to a parent or teacher. The youths selfies were classified as regular possession of child porn & sending it to someone (even their own age) technically distribution of child pornographic material.
They changed this kind of crime to a misdemeanor because there was no distinction before.
No, you need to read it again. This changes downgrades possession of any child porn to a misdemeanor, supposedly out of consideration for parents, children, or teachers who download such materials in order to report them to authorities or for minors who download them in general. There are no exceptions for those situations, just a blanket downgrade to misdemeanor level.
*However, despite acknowledging such circumstances, the bill has not made certain exceptions, but rather downgrades possession of child pornography altogether – a fact that has not gone unnoticed by pro-pedophile campaigners.
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Did any of you read the law? :-/ it's for special cases where children take pictures of themselves & send them to each other / report to a parent or teacher. The youths selfies were classified as regular possession of child porn & sending it to someone (even their own age) technically distribution of child pornographic material. They changed this kind of crime to a misdemeanor because there was no distinction before.
No, you need to read it again. This changes downgrades possession of any child porn to a misdemeanor, supposedly out of consideration for parents, children, or teachers who download such materials in order to report them to authorities or for minors who download them in general. There are no exceptions for those situations, just a blanket downgrade to misdemeanor level.
*However, despite acknowledging such circumstances, the bill has not made certain exceptions, but rather downgrades possession of child pornography altogether – a fact that has not gone unnoticed by pro-pedophile campaigners. **>
If this is true, I can breath freely now...