18 U.S.C. 2252A – MATERIAL CONSTITUTING OR CONTAINING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

It is forbidden for any person to knowingly

• mail, or transport or ship in interstate or foreign commerce by any means, including by computer, any child pornography;

• receive or distribute any
  • child pornography that has been mailed, or shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce by any means, including by computer or
  • material that contains child pornography that has been mailed, or shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce by any means, including by computer;

• advertise, promote, present, distribute, or solicit through the mail, or in interstate or foreign commerce by any means, including by computer, any material or purported material in a manner that reflects the belief, or that is intended to cause another to believe, that the material or purported material is, or contains
  • an obscene visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct; or
  • a visual depiction of an actual minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct;

• reproduces any child pornography for distribution through the mails, or in interstate or foreign commerce by any means, including by computer;

• sell or possess with the intent to sell any child pornography;

• possess any book, magazine, periodical, film, videotape, computer disk, or any other material that contains an image of child pornography; or

• distribute, offer, send, or provide to a minor any visual depiction, including any photograph, film, video, picture, or computer generated image or picture, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, or other means, where such visual depiction is, or appears to be, of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct
  • that has been mailed, shipped, or transported in interstate or foreign commerce by any means, including by computer;
  • that was produced using materials that have been mailed, shipped, or transported in interstate or foreign commerce by any means, including by computer; or
  • if such distribution, offer, sending, or provision is accomplished using the mails or by transmitting or causing to be transmitted any wire communication in interstate or foreign commerce, including by computer,

  for the purpose of inducing or persuading a minor to participate in any activity that is illegal.