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Wait, so every picture of a naked child is automatically child porn? And you can't let your children run around naked on the beach? Man, you Americans are stra

• lotharbot 13y ago
  > "every picture of a naked child is automatically child porn?" Legally speaking, no. If the courts were given a picture of your kid running around naked on the beach, doing normal beach things, without any other reason to believe this was "child porn", they'd drop the charges fast. The main danger is that Child Protective Services has a fairly broad mandate. If they're going to make a mistake, they'd rather be overprotective than underprotective. So if you have a picture of a naked child, they're likely to try to have your child removed from your home (temporarily) even if they know the charges won't stick.
  • scotty79 13y ago
    > If the courts were given a picture of your kid running around naked on the beach, doing normal beach things, without any other reason to believe this was "child porn", they'd drop the charges fast. I read that for some people charges were not drop fast enough to not ruin their lives. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2290682/Walmart-Lisa-Anthony-Demaree-lost-custody-children-month-employee-called-police-bath-time-pictures.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2290682/Walmart-Lisa... > If they're going to make a mistake, they'd rather be overprotective than underprotective. That's funny how they think that they are being protective by removing the child from the house where it has spent its entire life because they think that might save the kid few weeks of potential additional abuse.