![]() ![]() You can't be prosecuted for having child pornography unless you knowingly possess it," he said. "It absolutely matters what their intent was. ![]() Intent is key in child porn cases, said George Murphy, a Houston criminal defense lawyer with extensive experience in federal child pornography cases. The same can be true if child pornography is downloaded in error and then deleted or reported immediately to law enforcement. You need to possess it to be committing a crime." "If you show me a picture, I'm not sure I can get in trouble for just looking at it. Possessing it is a different story," he said. "I’m not sure they can get anything for viewing it. But viewing the illicit images and videos without downloading them may be difficult as Reddit and 4chan are reportedly taking them down almost as quickly as they are uploaded. If the files are encountered on another website and viewed without being downloaded to a computer or storage device or transmitted to other people, prosecutors likely would have a hard time winning a conviction, D'Andrea said. But the Snappening could bring tougher penalties because it involves children. The Fappening could lead to charges against whoever hacked the accounts and lawsuits by the victims. ![]() The Snappening was so named because it is seen as a darker follow-up to the ongoing Fappening leaks, in which users of the Web forum 4chan have posted hundreds of nude photographs of celebrities including Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton and Rhianna without their permission in the past few weeks. "But the possession of child pornography is incredibly serious, especially when prosecuted under federal guidelines." "The Internet is like this black hole and people are inquisitive and their inquisitveness can get them in trouble," said Joe D’Andrea, a Pennsylvania criminal defense attorney with years of experience defending people in child pornography cases. The files - believed to have been leaked by 4chan users - reportedly contain images and videos of naked children, a crime generally not taken lightly by prosecutors or federal law. Viewing, downloading or sharing the nearly 98,000 Snapchat photos and videos reportedly leaked online as part of the so-called Snappening is an invasion of privacy that could result in a federal prison sentence of up to 20 years, according to criminal lawyers with experience in child porn cases. A man walks past Snapchat's headquarters in Venice, Los Angeles California October 13, 2014. ![]()
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