What Germany StGB Section 184b - Distribution, Acquisition and Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material (Kinderpornographische Inhalte) requires
Section 184b of the German Strafgesetzbuch (StGB; Criminal Code) prohibits the distribution, public dissemination, manufacture, supply-chain handling, acquisition and possession of child sexual abuse material (kinderpornographische Inhalte) depicting sexual acts of, on or before a person under fourteen years of age, or sexually suggestive depictions of unclothed minors under fourteen. The standard offence (distribution, supply chain, manufacture of realistic depictions) is punished by imprisonment from six months to ten years (Freiheitsstrafe von sechs Monaten bis zu zehn Jahren). Non-realistic depictions (clearly fictional, drawn or computer-generated content not depicting an actual child) carry imprisonment of three months to five years. Aggravated cases of commercial operation or organised criminal association with realistic content carry minimum two years imprisonment as a Verbrechen (felony). Possession of realistic content is punished by imprisonment of three months to five years. Section 184b includes exemptions for legitimate government activities, official duties and lawful law enforcement investigations (Section 184b paragraph 5). The provision is the operational anchor for criminal liability of platform operators, hosts, individual users and supply-chain actors handling CSAM in Germany and underpins parallel administrative enforcement under JMStV by KJM and BzKJ, takedown duties under NetzDG and EU Digital Services Act, and reporting duties to the BKA. Section 184b is enforced extraterritorially under Section 9 StGB for acts having effect in Germany including online distribution accessible from German territory; foreign-established platforms face mutual legal assistance, European Arrest Warrant and joint investigation team mechanisms. Section 184b is the criminal-law baseline above which all hashed-match CSAM detection, NCMEC reporting equivalents and EU CSA Regulation duties layer.
Pillar: Adult Industry & Sexual Content Compliance · Authority: Bundesministerium der Justiz (Federal Ministry of Justice, Germany); Strafgesetzbuch (StGB) Section 184b in force as part of the Criminal Code, most recently strengthened by Gesetz zur Bekaempfung sexualisierter Gewalt gegen Kinder of 16 June 2021 raising minimum penalties and reclassifying possession from Vergehen (misdemeanour) to felony for aggravated forms · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgb/__184b.html
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- Strafgesetzbuch (StGB) Section 184b - Verbreitung Erwerb und Besitz kinderpornographischer Inhalte (Distribution, acquisition and possession of child pornographic content), in force as part of the German Criminal Code, published at https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgb/__184b.html, imposing imprisonment from six months to ten years for the standard offence, three months to five years for non-realistic depictions, minimum two years for aggravated commercial or organised offences, and three months to five years for possession of realistic content
- Gesetz zur Bekaempfung sexualisierter Gewalt gegen Kinder of 16 June 2021 (Bundesgesetzblatt I 2021, page 1810) - strengthening Section 184b by raising minimum penalties, reclassifying possession of realistic CSAM as a felony (Verbrechen) and broadening manufacture offences
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