US 18 U.S.C. 2251 - Sexual Exploitation of Children

What US 18 U.S.C. 2251 - Sexual Exploitation of Children requires

18 U.S.C. 2251 criminalises the sexual exploitation of children for the production of visual depictions. Subsection (a) covers employing, using, persuading, inducing, enticing or coercing any minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct…

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Pillar: Online Safety & Child Protection · Authority: United States Congress (codified in Title 18 of the United States Code) · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated: 2026-06-04

Primary source: https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/18/2251

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• 18 U.S.C. 2251 (Sexual exploitation of children) subsection (a): employs, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or coerces any minor to engage in any sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing any visual depiction of such conduct or for the purpose of transmitting a live visual depiction of such conduct, with the specified interstate or foreign commerce nexus. (law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2251)
• 18 U.S.C. 2251(b): any parent, legal guardian, or person having custody or control of a minor who knowingly permits such minor to engage in, or to assist any other person to engage in, sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing or transmitting any visual depiction of such conduct.

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