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Due to the international nature of the Internet, Internet pornography carries with it special issues with regard to the law. There is no one set of laws that apply to the distribution, purchase, or possession of Internet pornography. This means that, for example, even if a pornographer is legally distributing pornography, the person receiving it may not be legally doing so due to local laws. ==Child pornography and the Internet== (詳細はInterpol and policing institutions of various governments, including among others the United States Department of Justice.〔 Even so, the UK based NSPCC said that worldwide an estimated 2% of websites still had not been removed a year after being identified. Recent investigations include Operation Cathedral that resulted in multi-national arrests and 7 convictions as well as uncovering 750,000 images with 1,200 unique identifiable faces being distributed over the web; Operation Amethyst which occurred in the Republic of Ireland; Operation Auxin; Operation Avalanche; Operation Ore based in the United Kingdom; Operation Pin; Operation Predator; the 2004 Ukrainian child pornography raids and the 2008 US child pornography raid. New technology that aids those who produce this material include inexpensive digital cameras and Internet distribution has made it easier than ever before to produce and distribute child pornography. The producers of child pornography try to avoid prosecution by distributing their material across national borders, though this issue is increasingly being addressed with regular arrests of suspects from a number of countries occurring over the last few years. The legal status of simulated or "virtual" child pornography varies around the world. Simulated child pornography that do not pass the Miller test was banned in the United States in 2003 when the PROTECT Act was signed,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=#266: 04-30-03 FACT SHEET PROTECT ACT )〕 it is illegal in the European Union,〔Eko, L. S. (2006, Jun) (''Regulation of Online Child Pornography Under European Union and American Law.'' ) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Dresden International Congress Centre, Dresden, Germany Online Retrieved 2008-04-22〕 and in Australia its legal status is unclear and, as of 2007, untested in the courts. Child pornography may be simulated by the use of computers〔(Virtueel filmpje geldt ook als porno ), ''AD'', March 11, 2008〕 or adults made to look like children.〔Paul, B. and Linz, D. (2008). "(The effects of exposure to virtual child pornography on viewer cognitions and attitudes toward deviant sexual behavior )," ''Communication Research'', 35(1), 3-38〕 In 2008, it was discovered that the United States authorities will post fake hyperlinks claiming to be child pornography and then raiding, arresting, and prosecuting anyone who was found using the IP address that visited them, even someone whose computer was an open wifi. In 2008, a man in Middlesbrough, UK, was found guilty of downloading "child pornography" when he downloaded computer generated cartoons.〔(Child porn in cartoon style - man convicted ), Sep 26, 2008 by Gareth Lightfoot, Evening Gazette〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Legal status of Internet pornography」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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