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Index/Topics/18 U.S.C. §2258A

18 U.S.C. §2258A

The federal statute that obligates electronic service providers to report visual depictions of minors.

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Jan 17, 2026
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How do NCMEC CyberTipline criteria treat purely textual content versus images?

NCMEC’s CyberTipline and the law that scaffolds it treat images and purely textual content differently: federal statute and many ESP obligations are squarely aimed at visual depictions (CSAM), while t...

Jan 16, 2026
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If a company reports to ncmec, are they then required to retain all associated documents

Companies that submit CyberTipline reports to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) are legally required to preserve the information tied to those reports for a statutory minimu...

Jan 10, 2026

How do courts determine admissibility of passive viewing data in CSAM prosecutions?

Courts admit passive viewing data in CSAM prosecutions only after resolving two legal fault lines: whether the initial scan or view was a government search triggering the Fourth Amendment, and whether...

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