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> Can drawings be illegal? For sure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_fictional_pornography_depicting_minors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_

• djoldman 3y ago
  Thanks for this! If wikipedia is correct, it seems that this is clearly answered. > The PROTECT Act also enacted 18 U.S.C. § 1466A into U.S. obscenity law:[122] > Section 1466A of Title 18, United States Code, makes it illegal for any person to knowingly produce, distribute, receive, or possess with intent to transfer or distribute visual representations, such as drawings, cartoons, or paintings that appear to depict minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and are deemed obscene. > Thus, virtual and drawn pornographic depictions of minors may still be found illegal under U.S. federal obscenity law. The obscenity law further states in section C "It is not a required element of any offense under this section that the minor depicted actually exist." The difficult part of this is the phrase, "...that appear to depict minors..."
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