Senator Andre Jacque of De Pere has announced a bill that he helped champion, which closes a loophole allowing predators to create child pornography of a sexually suggestive manner. Under current law, a child must be engaged in sexually explicit conduct for the medium to be considered child pornography. The bill, which was co-authored by Representative Ron Tusler, expands that statute to include the depiction of a child in a “sexually suggestive manner.” Predators are exploiting this discrepancy allowing them to create child erotica: sexually suggestive photos and videos with nearly-naked children in transparent clothing. Jacque stated in a news release that the bill was written “at the request of police and prosecutors”.
