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Digital Services Act

European mechanisms such as the Digital Services Act include researcher access mandates that create safe avenues to study platform risks.

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Jan 15, 2026
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the EEUU order to keep all xAi data and don't purge from servers anything related do Grok. This was for X corp or xAI? Is it truth that xAI started sending reports to NCMEC?

The directive widely reported as an “order to keep all Grok data” was issued by the European Commission under the EU’s Digital Services Act and directed at X, instructing the platform to preserve inte...

Jan 15, 2026
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How do laws on child sexual abuse material (CSAM) treat streaming compared to downloading across major jurisdictions (U.S., U.K., EU)?

Laws across the European Union, United Kingdom and the United States converge on the principle that child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is illegal and must be removed or reported, but they differ sharp...

Jan 21, 2026

What legal risks exist for researchers accessing lists of active carding shops and mirrors?

Accessing lists of active shops and their mirrors exposes researchers to a cluster of legal risks: criminal liability for interacting with stolen-payment-data ecosystems, civil exposure for copyright ...

Jan 13, 2026

Are people who are exposed to CSAM on Instagram in trouble

People who are merely exposed to child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on Instagram are not automatically criminally liable simply for seeing it, but exposure can lead to real legal and investigatory con...

Jan 9, 2026

What due process protections exist for suspects when AI tools flag CSAM in corporate or platform reports?

When automated systems on platforms flag suspected child sexual abuse material (CSAM), the public record shows a patchwork of safeguards rather than a single, robust due-process regime: federal law cr...