On his computer, officials found over 500 computer images of child pornography which Firehawk96 received between January 1996 and November 1997. Congress's first comprehensive child pornography legislation came in 1977 when it enacted the Sexual Exploitation of Children Act. Later amendments extended the statutes' scope to include the use of computers to transport, distribute, or receive child pornography. Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act of 1988, Pub. In expanding the reach of federal child pornography statutes, Congress addressed several closely related concerns.
Pedophiles often rely on child pornography to win over their victims.
Not only does virtual pornography serve this end as effectively as the real thing, it also whets the appetite of child molesters just as much as child pornography created through the use of real children. U.S. Const. amend. Child pornography is one type of unprotected speech. A. Challenge Under General First Amendment Principles . . . The constitutionality of the CPPA is to be examined in the context of Congress's power to regulate child pornography.