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Laws regarding the distribution and possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and their variations across jurisdictions
Most statutes and the new federal criminalize publishing or distributing non‑consensual intimate imagery rather than the mere offline creation or private solicitation of , but a subset of states have ...
When law enforcement executes a search for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and arrests a person the same day, release is not automatic and depends on jurisdiction, the nature of the evidence seized...
A growing but uneven patchwork of state laws now criminalizes the production (not merely distribution) of , especially where victims are minors; notable, explicit statutory prohibitions include ’s and...
for possession of child sexual abuse material () is governed by statutes in 18 C. §§ 2251, 2252 and 2252A and the , which together produce a regimen of heavy penalties, enhancements for aggravating fa...
Texas law treats sexualized images of minors not as “erotica” but as criminal visual material—commonly called child sexual abuse material (CSAM) or child pornography—and penalties scale sharply with q...
Courts and investigators across jurisdictions are wrestling with whether and how algorithmic outputs—hashes, AI detections, and similarity scores—can establish probable cause in warrants for child sex...