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In British Columbia both text-based accounts (real and fictional, such as stories) and drawings of underage sexual activity are illegal (basically any sort of d

In British Columbia both text-based accounts (real and fictional, such as stories) and drawings of underage sexual activity are illegal (basically any sort of depiction, even if it just comes out of your mouth.) So California is just starting to catch up.

userbinator 2y ago
Wrong country (at least for now...!)
- skissane 2y ago
  Not wrong country. In 2021, a Texas man was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison over CSAM text and drawings - https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/texas-man-sentenced-40-years-prison-running-child-obscenity-website https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/texas-man-sentenced-40-years-...
  - metalcrow 2y ago
    Specifically, this ruling does not make that kind of content illegal. This person was convicted under federal obscenity statues, which are....fuzzy to say the least. As Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart said, it's a "i know it when i see it" thing. Which in effect is basically a "you can go to jail if we think you're too gross" law.
    - drinpt 2y ago
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    - skissane 2y ago
      > Specifically, this ruling does not make that kind of content illegal. I don't know exactly what you mean by that, but if you can get a 40 year prison sentence for "that kind of content", then it is illegal. > This person was convicted under federal obscenity statues, which are....fuzzy to say the least. So are child pornography statutes. Canada's [0] has lots of subjective clauses open to judicial interpretation, such as whether the content "has a legitimate purpose related to.. science, medicine, education or art". How do you draw that line? Potter Stewart’s famous quip applies here too [0] https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/section-163.1.html https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/section-163.1....
Hizonner 2y ago
All of Canada. The Canadian Criminal Code is federal. I think they did carve out a judicial exception in a case where some guy was writing pure text stories for his own personal use, and didn't intentionally show them to anybody else at all, but I also seem to recall it was a pretty grudging exception for only those very specific circumstances.

userbinator 2y ago

Wrong country (at least for now...!)

skissane 2y ago
Not wrong country. In 2021, a Texas man was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison over CSAM text and drawings - https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/texas-man-sentenced-40-years-prison-running-child-obscenity-website https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/texas-man-sentenced-40-years-...
- metalcrow 2y ago
  Specifically, this ruling does not make that kind of content illegal. This person was convicted under federal obscenity statues, which are....fuzzy to say the least. As Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart said, it's a "i know it when i see it" thing. Which in effect is basically a "you can go to jail if we think you're too gross" law.
  - drinpt 2y ago
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  - skissane 2y ago
    > Specifically, this ruling does not make that kind of content illegal. I don't know exactly what you mean by that, but if you can get a 40 year prison sentence for "that kind of content", then it is illegal. > This person was convicted under federal obscenity statues, which are....fuzzy to say the least. So are child pornography statutes. Canada's [0] has lots of subjective clauses open to judicial interpretation, such as whether the content "has a legitimate purpose related to.. science, medicine, education or art". How do you draw that line? Potter Stewart’s famous quip applies here too [0] https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/section-163.1.html https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/section-163.1....

Hizonner 2y ago

All of Canada. The Canadian Criminal Code is federal. I think they did carve out a judicial exception in a case where some guy was writing pure text stories for his own personal use, and didn't intentionally show them to anybody else at all, but I also seem to recall it was a pretty grudging exception for only those very specific circumstances.