18 U.S.C. § 2252A
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18 U.S.C. § 2252A is a federal criminal statute that prohibits the production, distribution, receipt, and possession of child pornography and related exploitative materials in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 18 U.S.C. § 2252A canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1095022 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 18 U.S.C. § 2252A Context triple: [Title 18 of the United States Code, hasSection, 18 U.S.C. § 2252A]
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A.
Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section
The Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section is a specialized unit of the U.S. Department of Justice that investigates and prosecutes federal crimes involving child sexual exploitation, obscenity, and related offenses.
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B.
Rule 41
Rule 41 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs the voluntary and involuntary dismissal of civil actions in federal court.
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C.
Espionage Act of 1917
The Espionage Act of 1917 is a U.S. federal law enacted during World War I that criminalizes interference with military operations, support for U.S. enemies, and certain forms of dissent, and has been widely used and debated in national security and free speech cases.
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D.
Trafficking Victims Protection Act
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act is a key U.S. federal law that defines and criminalizes human trafficking, enhances penalties for traffickers, and provides protections and assistance for trafficking victims.
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E.
Aldrich–Vreeland Act
The Aldrich–Vreeland Act was a 1908 U.S. law that created emergency currency provisions and laid groundwork for banking reform in response to the Panic of 1907.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 18 U.S.C. § 2252A Target entity description: 18 U.S.C. § 2252A is a federal criminal statute that prohibits the production, distribution, receipt, and possession of child pornography and related exploitative materials in the United States.
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A.
Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section
The Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section is a specialized unit of the U.S. Department of Justice that investigates and prosecutes federal crimes involving child sexual exploitation, obscenity, and related offenses.
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B.
Rule 41
Rule 41 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs the voluntary and involuntary dismissal of civil actions in federal court.
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C.
Espionage Act of 1917
The Espionage Act of 1917 is a U.S. federal law enacted during World War I that criminalizes interference with military operations, support for U.S. enemies, and certain forms of dissent, and has been widely used and debated in national security and free speech cases.
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D.
Trafficking Victims Protection Act
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act is a key U.S. federal law that defines and criminalizes human trafficking, enhances penalties for traffickers, and provides protections and assistance for trafficking victims.
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E.
Aldrich–Vreeland Act
The Aldrich–Vreeland Act was a 1908 U.S. law that created emergency currency provisions and laid groundwork for banking reform in response to the Panic of 1907.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
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criminal statute ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
deter the creation and distribution of child pornography
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protect children from sexual exploitation ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
computer files containing child pornography
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digital images containing child pornography ⓘ material that is or contains child pornography ⓘ possession of child pornography on computers and digital media ⓘ use of the internet to traffic in child pornography ⓘ visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | Chapter 110 of Title 18, United States Code ⓘ |
| containsProvision |
enhanced penalties for offenses involving prepubescent minors
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enhanced penalties for repeat offenders ⓘ forfeiture of computer equipment used to commit the offense ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
United States Attorneys
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United States Department of Justice ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| legalCategory | federal felony offense ⓘ |
| partOf | Title 18 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| penaltyIncludes |
fines
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forfeiture of property used in the offense ⓘ imprisonment ⓘ mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment for certain offenses ⓘ |
| prohibits |
access with intent to view child pornography
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advertising child pornography ⓘ distribution of child pornography ⓘ mailing of child pornography ⓘ possession of child pornography ⓘ production of child pornography ⓘ receipt of child pornography ⓘ solicitation of child pornography ⓘ transportation of child pornography in interstate or foreign commerce ⓘ use of any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce to transport child pornography ⓘ |
| protects | minors under 18 years of age ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
18 U.S.C. § 2251
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18 U.S.C. § 2252 ⓘ |
| requiresElement |
interstate or foreign commerce nexus
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knowledge of the nature of the material ⓘ |
| scope |
foreign commerce
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interstate commerce ⓘ territorial and maritime jurisdiction of the United States ⓘ |
| statutoryCitation | 18 U.S.C. § 2252A ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
child pornography
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sexual exploitation of children ⓘ |
| title | Certain activities relating to material constituting or containing child pornography ⓘ |
| usedIn | federal child exploitation prosecutions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: 18 U.S.C. § 2252A Description of subject: 18 U.S.C. § 2252A is a federal criminal statute that prohibits the production, distribution, receipt, and possession of child pornography and related exploitative materials in the United States.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.