Florida arrest fuels debate over dropping the term ‘child pornography’ from state law

CP TO CSAM | Florida lawmakers are considering whether to strike the term “child pornography” from state law — replacing it with “child sexual-abuse material,” or CSAM.

The push for change comes as a South Florida man faces more than two dozen felony charges for possessing and uploading explicit videos of children — files detectives say he called his “drug.”

According to a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office affidavit, 28-year-old Tyler Smith faces more than 20 felony counts of possessing and viewing child sexual abuse material.

The investigation began in January after Google submitted a cyber tip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, flagging 27 videos that allegedly depicted child sexual abuse — some involving victims as young as two years old.

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