A Port Macquarie man's bail conditions will continue following his appearance in Port Macquarie Local Court on November 13.
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Blake James Studders, 23, of Lindfield Park Road, was charged as part of the statewide police operation Strike Force Trawler.
Studders is charged with using a carriage service to transmit indecent communication with a person under 16 years of age. The charge relates to an incident that allegedly occurred between March and April 2019.
Studders appeared before Magistrate Jennifer Price.
Strike Force Trawler is an ongoing investigation by the Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad's Child Exploitation Internet Unit into the sexual abuse and exploitation of children facilitated through the internet and related telecommunications devices.
Regular covert online investigations are conducted by the CEIU; and police in NSW work closely with their law-enforcement colleagues interstate and overseas.
Studders' case is next listed for the Port Macquarie Local Court on December 18.