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Child Sexual Image Authentication

The process of determining whether alleged child sexual images are of real minors or computer-generated, and the challenges and complexities involved in this process.

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Jan 25, 2026
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How do courts determine whether images of minors are real or computer-generated in child pornography cases?

Courts decide whether are of real minors or computer-generated by treating digital-media authentication as a technical, evidentiary question solved through metadata and hash-matching, image-forensic a...