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  "title": "US 18 U.S.C. 2252 - Certain Activities Relating to Material Involving Sexual Exploitation of Minors",
  "domain": "Online Safety & Child Protection",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "last_updated": "2026-06-04",
  "bluf": "18 U.S.C. 2252 criminalises four categories of conduct involving visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct: (1) knowing transportation or shipment using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce; (2)…",
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