Sexual exploitation of children — producing child pornography involves the production, acquisition, or distribution of material depicting the sexual exploitation of minors. This type of exploitation includes activities such as taking photos or videos of children in sexual poses or engaging in sexual activities, as well as distributing or selling such material. There are two main types of producing child pornography: online and offline. Online child pornography production involves the use of the internet to create, distribute, and acquire material depicting the sexual exploitation of minors. Offline production involves the use of physical media, such as DVDs, to create, acquire, and distribute material depicting the sexual exploitation of minors. Producing child pornography is a form of child sexual abuse as it involves the sexual exploitation of minors. It is a crime punishable by law regardless of whether the material is distributed online or offline.