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Ephemeral Messaging

The DOJ’s increasing attention to ephemeral and personal-device messaging—an important context that helps explain why complete message content might be redacted, withheld, or fragmented in public dumps.

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Jan 23, 2026
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What legal elements distinguish possessing downloaded CSAM from streaming it in criminal statutes?

Federal and state statutes draw clear legal lines between possessing downloaded files and streaming or transmitting CSAM: possession crimes focus on knowing control of stored material, while streaming...

Feb 4, 2026

Which specific DOJ document IDs contain the 'Erin Ko' iMessage threads and can they be read in full?

The public reporting reviewed confirms that ’s with a contact named “” appear among the roughly three million pages of documents the released, but none of the articles or briefs in the provided report...