You are not liable to be prosecuted for possession of child pornography if the only reason you took control of the child pornography was to immediately place it permanently outside of the control of someone else. For example, if you found an abandoned cell phone containing child pornography and you took the phone for the sole purpose of immediately turning it into the police, then you would not be liable to be convicted of possession of child pornography. Similarly, if you found a child pornography magazine in your partner’s possession and took it for the exclusive purpose of physically destroying it, then you should not be prosecuted for possession of child pornography. If at any point you use it for any other purpose – or even intend to do so – then you can be charged with possession of child pornography.