Computer pornography

Computer pornography

Florida's Computer Pornography and Child Exploitation Act of 1986 states that one is guilty of a violation if he or she knowingly compiles, enters into, or transmits by means of a computer, or makes, prints, publishes, or reproduces by other computerized means, or knowingly causes or allows to be entered into or transmitted by means of computer, or buys, sells, receives, exchanges, or disseminates any notice, statement, or advertisement, of any minor's name, telephone number, place of residence, physical characteristics, or other descriptive or identifying information, for purposes of facilitating, encouraging, offering, or soliciting sexual conduct of or with any minor, or the visual depiction of such conduct.FN1

Cumulative Supplement

Cases:

Knowledge: Evidence supported finding that defendant knew, before receiving pictures via e-mail, that participants in on-line chat room were trading images of child pornography and that defendant requested and knowingly received such images, thus supporting conviction of knowingly receiving child pornography, based on evidence of defendant's participation in on-line chat room for approximately five months prior to receiving the two visual depictions which were the subjects of the indictment, and defendant's statements to investigators during questioning. 18 U.S.C.A. § 2252(a)(2). U.S. v. Fabiano, 169 F.3d 1299 (10th Cir. 1999), cert. denied, 1999 WL 412969 (U.S. 1999); West's Key Number Digest, Obscenity 17.