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Fourth Amendment and CSAM cases

Courts scrutinize chain-of-custody and whether platform operators acted as government actors when searching for CSAM, influencing evidence admissibility.

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Jan 19, 2026

What standards do courts require to validate AI-assisted CSAM detection before it can support a warrant?

Courts demand that AI-assisted CSAM detection meet traditional evidence and Fourth Amendment standards: reliable methodology, known error rates and validation, transparent chain-of-custody and human c...