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Innocent Images initiative

The FBI's Innocent Images initiative, which aims to identify offenders and rescue victims of child exploitation

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Jan 14, 2026
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are fbi hsi allowed to go looking for child porn

Federal law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI, a component of ICE/DHS), have explicit roles and long-standing programs...

Jan 7, 2026

how come not even close to the amount of uploaders of csam are arrested, let alone downloaders? how many people are even caught at this point in the US?

Prosecutions for people who produce and upload child sexual abuse material (CSAM) are far rarer than the volume of CSAM online because the problem outpaces law enforcement capacity, much of the materi...

Jan 7, 2026

What legal and ethical risks come with using Tor-based search engines to find pornographic images?

Using Tor or Tor-based search engines is not illegal per se: Tor is a privacy tool used legally by researchers, activists and ordinary users . However, seeking pornographic images on Tor carries clear...

Jan 6, 2026

are usa state csam arrests increasing?

Available federal press releases and law‑enforcement summaries confirm high‑profile, coordinated enforcement actions that recently produced hundreds of arrests for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) a...