Child Pornography in the Digital Age: A Conceptual Muddle

In Frank Jacob (ed.), Pornography: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Peter Lang (2019)
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Abstract

In this paper, I consider how digital technologies have changed the conceptual landscape by forcing us to reconsider three core concepts at the heart of the category of child pornography: (i) what it means to be an image; (ii) what it means to be an image of a child; and (iii) what it means to be a sexual image of a child. I demonstrate that we might need to radically reconceive these concepts and I point to some policy implications of doing so.

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Claire Benn
Cambridge University

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