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Monday
Jun182012

Lawmakers Agree on Legislation Clamping Down on Online Child Porn

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(ALBANY, N.Y.) -- Lawmakers in New York have reached an agreement on legislation aimed at closing a loophole in the laws that prohibit child pornography in the state.

Officials said currently under state law an individual cannot be charged with "possession" of child pornography if the person views such material on a website where the images become automatically embedded in a computer. However, the legislation agreed upon closes this loophole.

A release from Governor Andrew Cuomo's office on Sunday went on to explain that the new law would make purposefully accessing a website, intending to view child pornography, a class E felony.

Copyright 2012 ABC News Radio

DateMonday, June 18, 2012 at 9:04AM AuthorAnselm Gibbs

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