User:Lysander/Child pornography/What is the history of child pornography laws?

• 1977: Protection of Children Against Sexual Exploitation Act. Prohibits the use of a minor in the making of pornography, the taking of a pornographic picture of a minor, and the production and circulation of materials advertising child pornography. It also prohibits the transfer, sale, purchase, and receipt of minors when the purpose of such transfer, sale, purchase, or receipt is to use the child or youth in the production of child pornography. The transportation, importation, shipment, and receipt of child pornography by any interstate means, including by mail or computer, is also prohibited.
• 1984: Child Protection Act of 1984. Makes it illegal to purchase pornographic materials depicting minors through the mail, or possess them. Also defined anyone younger than the age of 18 as a child.
• 1986: Child Sexual Abuse and Pornography Act. Banned the production and use of advertisements for child pornography and included a provision for civil remedies of personal injuries suffered by a minor who is a victim. It also raised the minimum sentences for repeat offenders from imprisonment of not less than two years to imprisonment of not less than five years.
• 2003: PROTECT Act. Authorizes lifetime supervised release for child pornography offenders.
• 2008: Effective Child Pornography Prosecution Act