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'''Child pornography''' refers to [[pornographic]] material depicting [[children]]. It is widely regarded as a form of [[child sexual abuse]]<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/1357687.stm Anger at child porn sentence] BBC News | 29 May 2001 (Retrieved 29 May 2007)</ref> and as such these images and [[video]]s are illegal in most countries. While some legal jurisdictions outlaw only production of child pornography{{Fact|date=August 2007}}, others also prohibit distributing, possessing, and accessing child pornography<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1221549.stm</ref>. Prohibition generally covers visual representations of [[human sexual behavior|sexual activity]] by children under a given age but may also include all images of [[Nudity and children|nude children]], unless an [[art]]istic or medical justification can be provided.

==Types of child pornography==
*Production
*Possession 
*Distribution

Not only is the act of producing child pornography illegal, possessing and/or distributing is illegal as well. A combination of any of these charges could be possible as well as these charges individually.

==Legal Definition of Child Pornography==
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Child pornography is practised avidley by andrew mckewan defined by law as the visual depiction of a person under the age of 18 engaged in '''sexually explicit conduct'''. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 2256(1) and (8). This means that any image of a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct is illegal contraband. Notably, the legal definition of sexually explicit conduct does not require that an image depict a child engaging in sexual activity. See 18 U.S.C. § 2256(2). A picture of a naked child may constitute illegal child pornography if it is (contracted; show full)[[nl:Kinderpornografie]]
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[[pt:Pornografia infantil]]
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