Pennsylvania Supreme Court: “Just Looking: Should Internet Ignorance Be a Defense to Child Porn Charges?”
Does “accessing and viewing child pornography over the internet constitutes ‘control’ of such pornography under 18 Pa.C.S. sec. 6312(d)?”
Pennsylvania Supreme Court upholds conviction for “knowing control” of child pornography
In Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Anthony Diodoro, No. J-91-2008 (Pa. May 26, 2009) the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld the criminal conviction of Anthony Diodoro for “accessing and viewing child pornography over the internet”—i.e. “knowingly controlling” under 18 Pa.C.S. § 6312(d).
Filtering software: KidZui Add-on makes Firefox “kid-safe”
The KidZui “kid-safe” browser is now available as a Firefox Add-on. “Rather than filter the Internet, KidZui’s founders built an entirely new one – customized for kids. Instead of reducing, KidZui expands. There are already over a million websites, pictures and videos in KidZui, all thoroughly reviewed by caring teachers and parents just like you. And the process continues 24/7 with new kid-friendly content added daily.”
COPPA 2.0: The New Battle over Privacy, Age Verification, Online Safety & Free Speech
Progress on Point: “Several proposed state laws would extend COPPA’s parental-consent framework to cover all adolescents under 18. This seemingly small change would require age verification of not only adolescents and their parents, but—for the first time—large numbers of adults, thus raising grave First Amendment concerns.”
Child porn bill debated in Nevada
AB88 “establishes a civil remedy for a person who was a victim of a sexual offense which was used to promote child pornography.”
The Right and Wrong Responses to “Sexting”
Mary Graw Leary discusses the unintended consequences of proposed legislation in Vermont that would exempt certain age-groups participating in the sending of “sexually charged” images or videos via cell phone from being classified as sex offenders. According to Leary, the legislation will (1) ignore the “unique harm” presented by the easy distribution of such images; (2) impede the investigation of actual child pornography; (3) “provide a built-in defense for pedophiles”; and (4) expand the “marketplace” of child exploitation.
U.S. v. Degenarro, No. 08-10846, Unpublished (11th Cir. Jan. 30, 2009
11th Circuit upholds conviction for possession and distribution of child pornography.
Summary Review of the Law Governing Regulation of Pornography and SOBs
The memo: (HTML version) (PDF version)
This is a short summary outline of the law governing the regulation of pornography and sexually oriented businesses prepared by Benjamin W. Bull. It appears as Appendix C in CDC’s larger manual: Protecting Communities from Sexually Oriented Businesses.
