Sexual Ageplay in Virtual Reality: Practicing Free Speech or Producing Child Pornography?

Authors

Lillian Esposito, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Abstract

A man's thoughts are his own; he may sit in his armchair and think salacious thoughts, murderous thoughts, discriminatory thoughts, whatever thoughts he chooses, free from the "thought police." It is only when the man gets out of his armchair and acts upon his thoughts that the law may intervene

In my ignorance, I have to accept the possibility that if we had to decide today just what the First Amendment should mean in cyberspace, we would get it fundamentally wrong.

Disciplines

First Amendment | Juvenile Law | Law | Sexuality and the Law

Recommended Citation

Lillian Esposito, Sexual Ageplay in Virtual Reality: Practicing Free Speech or Producing Child Pornography?, 40 Cardozo L. Rev. 1913 (2019).
Available at: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/clr/vol40/iss4/9