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Tor Child-Pornography Investigations

Federal litigation over child-pornography investigations that relied on Tor or other anonymizing networks

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Jan 17, 2026

What federal cases address attribution and evidence when defendants allegedly accessed child pornography over Tor or other anonymizing networks?

Federal litigation over child‑pornography investigations that relied on Tor or other anonymizing networks has repeatedly centered on whether law enforcement can pierce anonymity, how evidence gathered...

Jan 15, 2026

What documented cases exist where prosecutors used Tor access as evidence of criminal intent in the U.S.?

Prosecutors in the United States have repeatedly used evidence gathered from Tor-related operations—most prominently the FBI’s Network Investigative Technique (NIT) deployed against the Playpen child‑...

Jan 11, 2026

What court cases about child pornography mention the use of Tor?

A number of high‑profile federal cases and dozens of related prosecutions explicitly tie child‑pornography investigations to use of the Tor anonymity network, most famously the FBI’s takeover of the T...

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