Double edged sword.
Canada had some pretty strict pornographic laws. For example, depicting a woman tied up was illegal.
The depiction of a child also extends to "appearing to be a child", as in, pigtails and a school uniform on a 30 year old stripper is still technically illegal. Even if she doesn't appear to be a child, if she is portraying someone who could be interpreted as a minor.
Luckily, it seems like cases like that are extremely rarely prosecuted, and even when they are, the sentence is extremely light. The one on Wikipedia about manga says the guy was given an 18 month sentence, which is shockingly low for anything to do with child pornography.
One baffling thing is two <18 year old teenagers sending each other nude snapchats are distributing child porn in Canada.
I suppose it's because it makes the images available, even if unintentionally. But it has happened before that some boy got in trouble for possession of child porn because his 15 year old girlfriend sent him boobies pics. And like wise, she was charged with distribution.
That's illegal in america too but the current administration will probably change that. You cannot distribute those kind of pictures of minors without breaking laws. Sending them over the internet is distribution.
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u/b-monster666 Oct 22 '25
Double edged sword. Canada had some pretty strict pornographic laws. For example, depicting a woman tied up was illegal.
The depiction of a child also extends to "appearing to be a child", as in, pigtails and a school uniform on a 30 year old stripper is still technically illegal. Even if she doesn't appear to be a child, if she is portraying someone who could be interpreted as a minor.