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Clearweb CSAM Enforcement 2022

Clearweb child sexual abuse material enforcement in recent years, including mass URL takedowns and image-hosting removals

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Jan 7, 2026
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why are there no articles or stats about arrests of people for using regular web child porn sites, only dark web ones?

Surface‑web child sexual abuse material (CSAM) investigations and arrests happen, but reporting, data collection, and law‑enforcement priorities make dark‑web stings far more visible; large multinatio...

Jan 6, 2026

examples of clearweb csam site cases/arrests/take down news stories (NOT DARKNET)

Clearweb child sexual abuse material (CSAM) enforcement in recent years has centered on mass URL takedowns, image-hosting removals and cooperative reporting by NGOs and platforms rather than only dark...