Other countries

From Seenoevil

With the exception of child pornography, no other European country criminalises the possession of pictures.

The move comes as Australia, [1]

There has been global opposition to such moves both by national governments in Greece and Holland [insert refs] as well as from civil rights movements in America, Australia and the UK [insert refs].

United States

In the United States, even depictions of simulated child pornography have been ruled legal by the Supreme Court (Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition).

• Summary of relevant Supreme Court case law [2]
• Pornography, Rape, and the Internet is a study showing the drop in rape in the USA correlated with the rise in availability of internet pornography.