Yes, it seems Canada takes a blanket ban approach: > Canadian law bans any visual representation of someone depicted as being under the age of 18 engaged in ex

Yes, it seems Canada takes a blanket ban approach: > Canadian law bans any visual representation of someone depicted as being under the age of 18 engaged in explicit sexual activity. So you could draw an imaginary person in crayon on construction paper as a child and it'd be illegal. (I was going to write 'of yourself' but it turns out that would actually be permitted: '"What about sexting?" In Canada the law creates a “private use” exception to child pornography. This means that a person can possess sexually explicit depictions of him or herself that may otherwise qualify as child pornography. A person is also permitted to distribute the depictions to any person who is in the depictions as long as the depictions were made with the consent of everyone shown in them and the activity depicted is legal and does not show exploitation.' https://lakinafolabilaw.com/possession-of-child-pornography-charges-section-163-criminal-code/ https://lakinafolabilaw.com/possession-of-child-pornography-... This immediately starts making me think about deepfake and loopholes - could you license deepfake-CP permission from an adult to make it for your own personal use, because that would then have be 'made with the consent of everyone shown in them'? Or, since you can distribute it yourself, does that mean you can sell deepfake-CP of yourself to anyone as long as you use deepfakes to put them into the generated image as well? What a strange twist in the porn industry that would be! I doubt people writing these sexting exceptions gave this any thought...)