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Law Enforcement and CSAM

The challenges faced by law enforcement in investigating CSAM cases

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Jan 15, 2026
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How do anonymizing tools like VPNs and Tor affect law enforcement's ability to find CSAM viewers?

Anonymizing tools such as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and Tor materially complicate investigators’ ability to trace where child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is viewed, shared, or hosted by obscuri...

Jan 7, 2026
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how do law enforcement deal with csam sites that use a forum to also host and link legal material, how can anyone tell who downloaded with intent if it's a mixed mess

Law enforcement treats forums that mix legal material with CSAM as high-priority, complex targets that require a combination of technical detection, legal preservation and targeted investigative work ...