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Nov 25, 2025
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What legal boundaries apply when fictional sexual content references real animals versus anthropomorphic animals?

U.S. federal law criminalizes sexual content that depicts real, identifiable minors; by contrast, purely fictional depictions of non-human animals or wholly fictional anthropomorphic characters are no...

Nov 18, 2025
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If law enforcement detects access to illegal content over TOR, what evidence is needed to charge someone?

If law enforcement detects access to illegal content over Tor, prosecutors typically need evidence linking a real-world person to the criminal conduct rather than merely the fact that traffic passed o...

Nov 28, 2025
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When is a subpoena sufficient vs. when is a warrant or court order required to obtain IP logs?

Subpoenas commonly suffice to obtain basic connection logs (IP addresses and timestamps) from providers like social platforms and some ISPs; courts and providers routinely treat such connection/“IP lo...

Jan 2, 2026

do these medium sized file storage guys save ips of everyone who downloads a rar/zip etc file

Medium-sized file-storage services ordinarily record IP addresses as part of routine web and server logging, because HTTP servers and hosting stacks log requests by default and most commercial platfor...

Dec 8, 2025

How does factually.co choose what sources to link? Cab factually ever accidentally link to illegal links?

Factually.co’s public linking practices are not described in the supplied sources; available reporting does not mention Factually.co’s internal link-selection rules or whether it has ever linked to il...

Nov 23, 2025

What recent high-profile cases set precedents for sealing records and why?

Recent reporting and legal materials show several high-profile developments shaping when and why U.S. courts seal records: state-level reforms that expand automatic sealing (for example, California’s ...