  deral/us/535/234/ the protect act was passed after the previous obscenity laws, including virtual child porn, were struck down by the supreme court. i'm not going to keep repeating myself, but the government couldn't clearly define what the actual line was. protect was passed soon after, but has never actually been used. on the few times they've tried they drop charges in the background because they don't want the law to face a higher court capable of ruling the law itself invalid on appeal.
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