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AI-Generated CSAM

The use of artificial intelligence to generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and the challenges it poses for detection and authentication.

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Jan 11, 2026
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examples of csam cyberlocker arrest stories/articles etc

A steady stream of law-enforcement press releases and reporting shows arrests tied to CSAM stored or shared via cloud services, peer-to-peer networks, cyberlockers, and even AI-generated files; invest...

Jan 16, 2026
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How long does someone have until there chances of being caught in csam cases lower

The probability of being detected for involvement with child sexual abuse material (CSAM) does not follow a simple countdown where risk reliably falls after a fixed period; instead, detection depends ...

Jan 16, 2026
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Have any chatGPT users been charged for ai generated csam created on chatGPT?

There are no reports in the provided sources that any ChatGPT users have been criminally charged specifically for creating AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) using ChatGPT; the recent hig...

Jan 16, 2026

What would happen if someone used grok to generate csam and got searched, but 0 photos or videos were found in the search since it only ever existed on grok

If a person used Grok to generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM) but law enforcement’s search recovered zero photos or videos because the illicit images only ever existed inside Grok or ephemeral ...

Jan 14, 2026

Does OpenAI ban users who try to generate CSAM? If so what do the bans look like, and how long have they been banning such users

OpenAI does ban users who attempt to generate or upload child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and reports confirmed attempts to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), and the com...

Jan 13, 2026

Are people who are exposed to CSAM on Instagram in trouble? Makes me scared and anxious

Exposure to child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on Instagram is terrifying but not automatically criminal; platforms remove and investigate such content, and U.S. law criminalizes possession and distri...

Jan 7, 2026

how do law enforcement deal with csam sites that use a forum to also host and link legal material, how can anyone tell who downloaded with intent if it's a mixed mess

Law enforcement treats forums that mix legal material with CSAM as high-priority, complex targets that require a combination of technical detection, legal preservation and targeted investigative work ...

Jan 20, 2026

How do forensic examiners authenticate whether a CSAM image depicts a real child or is AI-generated?

Forensic examiners authenticate whether suspected child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is of a real child or AI-generated by combining technical image provenance tools (hashing, artifact detection, meta...

Jan 15, 2026

How do other major AI providers handle attempts to generate CSAM and how do their policies compare to OpenAI’s?

Major AI developers publicly prohibit creation and distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and invest in technical mitigations, collaboration with law enforcement, and industry best-practic...

Jan 12, 2026

Does viewing CSAM count as possessing? Name all prosecutable cases for mere viewing.

Federal and state law uniformly criminalize possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), but courts have split on whether passive viewing alone counts as “possession”; some jurisdictions treat in...

Jan 9, 2026

Can mere online access to an image be prosecuted as possession of illegal content (e.g., child sexual abuse material)?

Mere online access to an image can in some circumstances be charged as possession of illegal content, because U.S. federal statutes and many state laws treat electronic receipt, storage, or “accessing...

Jan 9, 2026

What laws apply to accessing csam on Tor in the United States and internationally?

Accessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on Tor is criminal in most jurisdictions and draws specific U.S. federal enforcement, reporting and investigatory regimes while raising complex privacy and...

Jan 7, 2026

how realistic is it for csam to not be discovered on file hosts and how come criminals use it for that

It is realistic—though not guaranteed—for CSAM to remain undiscovered on file hosts because distribution tactics exploit technical detection limits, jurisdictional hosting choices, and social-networki...

Jan 7, 2026

csam forum arrests (NOT dark web)

Recent reporting shows law enforcement continues to arrest users tied to CSAM circulated on mainstream forums and social platforms (not solely the dark web), with investigations using cyber tips, plat...

Jan 7, 2026

how can they investigate every person who downloads csam from a file hosting site linked to a teen porn site

Investigating every person who downloads CSAM from a file-hosting site linked to a teen porn site is legally mandatory in many jurisdictions and technologically possible in limited cases, but it is op...

Jan 6, 2026

What are common reasons CSAM cases do not lead to prosecution in the US criminal justice system?

Prosecutors and researchers report that the number of law‑enforcement‑identified CSAM incidents has surged while prosecutions have not kept pace, creating a growing gap between detection and criminal ...