What Perez Hilton did, is it considered child pornography?

[Frost]

For those who don't know. he found a picture of Miley Cyrus's private part (she was getting out of a car and she wasn't wearing any underwear" and posted it on his twitter

legally, is it considered child pornography??
No, I'm not. Are you mentally challenged? because you're on the LAW section yet couldn't answer a simple question

[Deez Nutz]

Who cares. Are you a little girl or something?

[Rattles]

Yes !......

[rickinnocal]

It appears that there never was an up-skirt photo of Ms. Cyrus with no panties on. This was simply a "link baiting" campaign by the despicable Perez Hilton.

Here is how "link baiting" works... Hilton Tweets that he has a pantyless up-skirt pic of Cyrus, and includes a fake link to the picture in the Tweet. People both click on the link, and forward it to all their friends.

The link comes up 'page not found', so the people trying to see it Google "Perez Hilton Miley Cyrus Pic". Many of the search results will be to sites that are carrying 'click-through' links to Hilton's website. Every time someone clicks on one of those links, Hilton gets a small fee. Multiply that by hundreds of thousands of people all over the world, and Hilton gets a bunch of money.

The picture that is actually on Hilton's site is a picture shot up Miley's skirt as she gets out of a small sports car. There is, however, a large Perez Hilton logo over her crotch, so you cannot see if she is wearing panties or not. Hilton, while despicable, is not stupid, and I doubt very much that the alleged pantyless picture ever was posted - because if it was, it would be child porn.

Richard

[debbie]

No. Pornography is defined as "printed or visual material containing the explicit description or display of sexual organs or activity, intended to stimulate erotic rather than aesthetic or emotional feelings."

His picture was not intended to arouse his audience. He didn't post it with the intention of stimulating erotic feelings, and the picture was not taken with the intention of stimulating erotic feelings. The picture is not meant for people to 'get off' to. So no, it's not pornography in a strict sense, just like photos of your children taking a bath or your toddler running around the house naked are not pornography.

It WAS bad taste, however. Just like all photos of celebrities having wardrobe malfunctions.

[A. E. Moreira]

Since he disseminated it, even if just for a short time, he broke the law as defined by 18 USC 2252 and 2256. Once he posted it on Twitter, he broke the law.

18 USC 2256 makes it child pornography.

Even if not that, there may be issues with surreptitious recording on the state level,

[Ray Eston Smith Jr]

I don't care about the legal definition. I don't think he should go to jail. If I was on a jury I would not convict him.

However, he has publicly attacked a child - repeatedly. A couple of years ago he called Miley Cyrus a "Disney whore" and a "Disney slut".

I would like to see him boycotted out of business. He makes $100K per month selling ads. Among his sponsors are Netflix, Capital One, Starbucks, and the New York Times. Please boycott them.