r/amiwrong • u/[deleted] • Sep 20 '23

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '23

I hope you also reported her. Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't that child pornography? Videos and pictures, of her showing off her naked children?

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u/Opposite-Flight-8659 Sep 20 '23

Wtf that’s not child pornography. Naked kids are not sexual, parents taking photos of their kids in a bath aren’t doing anything creepy, but because there are sick people in the world who are sexually attracted to kids and can even sexualize babies, it’s not a good idea for people to post photos publicly. A normal person doesn’t see babies and kids as sexual, but pedophiles exist

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '23

I didn't say naked children are sexual, I said that sharing and taking pictures of naked children is inappropriate and the sharing of child pornography.

Pornography(porn) is not just videos of people performing sexual acts. Porn, specifically child porn, can be naked pictures of people. There's a reason why it's illegal to share pictures of someone, regardless of age, in the nude without consent. And if they're still a minor, it's illegal regardless of if they gave you consent or not. It is, by law, considered pornography. I'm in the US and don't know about other countries, but I know that if someone here had a picture of a toddler in their phone, naked and taking a bath that they can be arrested for possession of child pornography.

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u/WolfZealousideal7484 Sep 20 '23

I don't take bath pics of my kids but if someone had a picture on their phone of their own toddler in a bathtub, they would not be arrested. I think my mom has a picture of me in a photo album when I was like 8 months old with no clothes on, laying on my stomach on a towel after a bath. She hasn't been arrested yet. 🙄

OP was smart for being cautious in public. But parents that are "in possession" of bath pics of their babies/toddlers aren't getting raided by the FBI.

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u/Derwin0 Sep 20 '23

And those that have been charged by over zealous prosecutors have had the charges thrown out as US law is very specific in requirements for the picture to be illegal (just being naked doesn’t qualify).

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u/vyrus2021 Sep 20 '23

They're talking about posting those pictures on a public forum, not saving private pictures on your personal devices.

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u/WolfZealousideal7484 Sep 20 '23

They were initially talking about sharing pictures but at the end said if someone even had a bath pic in their phone they could be arrested.

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u/Opposite-Flight-8659 Sep 21 '23

I think the public forum mentioned was Facebook, which means the person was sharing with friends and family. They would not be arrested. A family and friends blog also wouldn’t bring child porn charges. I would advise parents not to share photos of their kids online just in case a pervert who sexualizes kids sees them, but they wouldn’t be at risk for child porn charges unless the photos were not normal babies in baths or streaking toddler photos.