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Prosecutions of individuals who accessed or hosted child sexual abuse material via Tor hidden services, including those related to the Playpen sting operation.
A number of high‑profile federal cases and dozens of related prosecutions explicitly tie child‑pornography investigations to use of the Tor anonymity network, most famously the FBI’s takeover of the T...
A federal inducement prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 2251 requires proof that a defendant employed, used, persuaded, induced, enticed, or coerced a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the p...
An adult who asks a minor on social media to wear boxer briefs and pays the minor could sometimes trigger criminal investigation, but whether that conduct usually results in federal charges depends on...
Federal prosecutions under 18 U.S.C. § 2252 and § 2252A require the government to prove a small set of core elements: that a defendant knowingly engaged in a proscribed act (possession, receipt, distr...