>The Seventh Circuit affirmed dismissal of a possession charge against a Wisconsin man with hundreds of AI-generated imageshttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/appeals-court-delivers-unsettling-ruling-supreme-court-left-no-choice>A federal appeals court says decades-old Supreme Court precedent forced it to protect the in-home possession of AI-generated child sexual abuse material, as judges warned that rapidly advancing technology has complicated legal lines drawn nearly 25 years ago.>The ruling exposes a widening gap between Supreme Court precedent and rapidly advancing artificial intelligence. The Seventh Circuit said it was bound by a 2002 Supreme Court decision that rejected restrictions on sexually explicit depictions of fictional children when no actual child was involved in their creation. But two judges warned that modern AI can now generate images virtually indistinguishable from material depicting the abuse of real children.>"Indeed, in Free Speech Coalition, the Supreme Court addressed the scope of First Amendment protections for virtual CSAM, but that was nearly twenty-five years ago, and the image-generation technology available today was likely unimaginable back then," Judge John Lee wrote. "Given the relentless advancement in artificial intelligence models, we have some concerns about the lines these cases draw, but we are not free to redraw them ourselves.">The Seventh Circuit affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of one of four charges against Steven Anderegg, who investigators said had hundreds of AI-generated sexually explicit images depicting children on devices seized from his Wisconsin home.>Anderegg was charged with producing and distributing the AI-generated material, transferring it to a minor under 16, and possessing it. A federal district court dismissed only the possession charge on First Amendment grounds, leaving the other three charges intact.
>The Justice Department appealed that dismissal, arguing that the government should be permitted to prohibit possession of obscene virtual child sexual abuse material even when no actual child was involved in its creation. But the Seventh Circuit sided with the lower court.>The government generally cannot criminalize the private possession of obscene material inside someone's home, but it can prohibit possession of child sexual abuse material involving real children because its creation exploits actual victims.>However, the Supreme Court complicated that distinction in 2002 when it struck down restrictions covering sexually explicit images of fictional children created without using actual minors. The justices reasoned that the government's overriding interest in protecting children from exploitation did not apply in the same way when no real child was involved.>Hans von Spakovsky, a senior fellow with Advancing American Freedom, told Fox News Digital that the appeals court "had no choice but to uphold the dismissal under the First Amendment" because of the Supreme Court's ruling.>But von Spakovsky agreed with the concurrence by Lee and Judge Joshua Kolar, who warned the Supreme Court that the rapid growth of AI technology could require the justices to revisit precedent.>"Unforunately, AI-generated images are now virtualy indistinguishable from the real thing and some of these images be created based on real child sexual abuse material," von Spavosky said. "Technology may have overtaken and overwhelmed the reasoning used in those prior decisions.">The Supreme Court previously ruled in Free Speech Coalition that taking images of real children and "morphing" them into sexually explicit poses would not be protected under its ruling on the possession of child sexual abuse material depicting fictional children because the practice involves the interests of real children.
>Justice Department lawyers have warned that the rise of AI-generated child sexual abuse material could bog down investigators trying to identify real victims, as increasingly realistic artificial images become harder to distinguish from depictions of actual abuse.>Judges Lee and Kolar raised another concern in their concurrence, citing research that found hundreds of child sexual abuse material images in a major dataset used to train image-generating AI. The judges suggested that could create a link between AI-generated material and the exploitation of real children, though they stressed that the government did not raise the issue in this case and that the record was insufficient to resolve it.>Justice Clarence Thomas anticipated the dilemma more than two decades ago, warning in the Supreme Court’s 2002 ruling that advancing technology could eventually make virtual depictions indistinguishable from child sexual abuse material involving real victims.>"If technological advances thwart prosecution of ‘unlawful speech,’ the Government may well have a compelling interest in barring or otherwise regulating some narrow category of ‘lawful speech’" to enforce laws against material produced through the abuse of real children, Thomas wrote.
Looks like there's going to be a huge crackdown coming soon. I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft adds some AIshit to Windows which checks for CP.
Democrats literally telling the Supreme Court that it's okay to be a pedophiles
>>1533001If you haven't switched to Linux you deserve the misery.
>>1533166Republicans elected a pedophile to be president and red states have lower age of consent laws
>>1533001I just want to fucking jerk off to hentai and play video games, is that too much to fucking ask?
>>1533170>and red states have lower age of consent lawsNew York, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and D.C. are red states? No wonder Trump won the election.
>>1533173don't rape children ok esl shill
>>1533174>say something stupid>get bodied>s-shill Every time you type "esl shill" you're waiving a white flag. You're telling everyone on /news/ that you have nothing, no clap back, no argument, not even a good insult. You got dumpstered, and you're spazzing.
esl shill waived his self respect by having such a humiliating job
>>1533177>rustled his jimmies so hard he wont even respond directly Yeah, thats what I thought. Bitch.
esl shill is begging for attention again. i already made fun of him for his spelling error, what more does he want
>>1533182You're giving him attention by replying, dipshit.
replying to what
>>1533173Minnesota hasn't lowered age of consent laws and D.C. isn't even a state. >>1533175>when you do this that means I win!When you just declare you've won that means you've lost. That's not the behavior of a winner. I don't know how you lose to a guy going 'esl shill' over and over and that's kind of it, but here we are.
>>1533192>When you just declare you've won that means you've lostSo your proof that I lost is that I said I won? Incredible standard of evidence
>>1533204When you have to declare you won 30 weeks in a row, and yet you're still getting bombed and the goals of the war are still not met (or even that fucking clear), it's a pretty good sign you haven't actually won.
>>1533208Are you talking about Iran here?
>>1533192>Minnesota hasn't lowered age of consent laws>age of consent in Minnesota: 16Alsohttps://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/07/10/deported-dhs-removes-convicted-child-rapist-pardoned-minnesota-governor-tim-walzLMAO
esl shill is now trying to claim that romeo and juliet laws are worse than red states where it's legal to marry children. can't make this up
>>1533231Reminder that pardon was given because his fucking victim asked for it.>https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/07/10/dhs-deports-minnesota-man-despite-pardon-backed-by-target-of-his-sexual-abuse
>>1533234>Tou Lue Vang, an illegal alien from Laos, had been convicted in 2006 of first-degree criminal sexual conduct after he repeatedly assaulted a girl between 2002 and 2004, starting when she was just 10 years old. He once offered his victim $10 to keep quiet about the sexual assaults. When interviewed by police, he tried to justify his actions as “a cultural thing,” and even said that his victim was just as guilty as him and should also be arrested.>romeo and julietLOL
>>1533238>defending a pedo raping a 10 year old girl because she "asked for it"Holy shit, dems are fucking cooked!
>>1533240>it's okay for republicans to rape kids because a hmong person did it oncesomething tells me you weren't in the debate club
>>1533242>"What happened to me was wrong, but I've had many years to think about this. I have made my peace with it. I forgive him. That was a long time ago. It was over 20 years ago. He is not the same person now.”This was literally the statement from the victim and why he got the pardon. Fucking read retard, I know you can.
>>1533244>trying to whataboutism when defending their hmong child rapist didn't workFBI if you're reading this, check this faggot's hard drive. I guarantee he has AI child porn on it.
esl shill is projecting again
>>1533245Oooh getting mad now. It must be upsetting to know a dem in Minnesota PARDONED A GUY WHO RAPED A 10 YEAR OLD!
>>1533251it's a little more upsetting that a serial child rapist is the president
>>1533256>thread about AI child porn>durr de durr repubs muh age of consent red states>find out a major blue state has the lowest possible age of consent and pardons actual child rapists>TH-THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN!!!>OKAY IT HAPPENED BUT SHE ASKED FOR IT!!!!>Y-YOU'RE WORSE!!!>REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEXD
esl shill tantrum aside, the files remain unreleased
>>1533264Too bad Biden never released them. Y'know when he wasn't smelling children on camera. God why are dems such fucking pedos?
>>1533269there you go, reverting to your usual talking points. i'm sure it's hard pretending to be this persona you've decided on tonight isn't it
>>1533231>age of consent in Minnesota: 16That hasn't been lowered.>AlsoNo.
>>1533272>that hasn't been lowered>because it's as low as we can make it for our immigrant semi-citizens>also I'm going to ignore how we pardon child rapists that attack 10 year olds as part of their culture because it makes me look bad and kills muh red states argument I made earlierApparently no means yes to dems.
>>1533280this post made me forget about the files
>>1533280>that hasn't been loweredCorrect. Are you going to admit that you lied or are you going to keep whatabouting about bullshit?
>>1533283>still trying to deflect to muh files, that Biden didn't let out, desperately trying to escape Walz pardoning a child rapist>>1533285>incorrectly accuses me of lying because he's upset his whataboutism got destroyed so easily thanks to dems having an age of consent lower than most red statesLOL
>>1533296>biden made trump not obey congress!LOL. don't rape kids esl shill
>>1533251Who asked them to grant the pardon anon?
>>1533296>incorrectly accuses me of lyingOh, you're right actually. My mistake.>his whataboutismThat's pure projection, though.
>>1533192>>1533170Reminder you are arguing with a Conservative/Russian/Republican who will both sides everything to deflect from the fact that Republicans are pedophiles.
>>1533308I know.
>>1533308Trump released more files than Briben the child gang paper, who released no files and did everything in his power to protect pedophiles with his autopen
>>1532997Meanwhilehttps://www.cps.gov.uk/national-news/news/cps-decides-prosecute-tate-brothers-additional-sexual-offences>The CPS has decided to prosecute Andrew Tate, 39, with seven further counts of rape, three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation, three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and 19 additional charges for offences relating to indecent images of a child and extreme pornography>indecent images of a childUK's legal system & lawmakers in Parliament thought ahead>2009 Coroners and Justice Act: possession of non-photographic images of children that are pedophilic in nature are extremely illegal>Gary Glitter had pedophilic photos of children on his hard drive decades ago: UK's legal system ensured he will die in prison>indecent images of a childThat's why the Tate-rs are cooked.
1533312>Briben the child gang paper>BribenSo someone completely different with the name 'Briben' was a child rapist and not Biden. Thanks for admitting that. Also>paper>inb4 "grammar nazi", "context" etcSo Biden is even more innocent when your own words - certainly incorrect use of such compared to the right ones on paper in a dictionary - rapes your credibility, 1533312 the esl shill.
1533315>esl shillEvery accusation is a confession
>the projecting 1533430 thinks >>1533315 is the 'esl shill': if 1533430 can thinkAccusations are Admissions, esl shill 1533430.>accusing someone of protecting pedophiles when they are reduced to projection and protect actual pedos in the GOP: Gang Of PedophilesEvery accusation is a confession, 1533312 1533430.
Joe Briben gang fucks little kids.
1533593>Briben>is completely different, thus the one named Biden is completely innocent. But the Republican Gang Of Pedophiles led by Trump, thus is the one ultimately responsible for allowing this - who refuse to make child marriage illegal in certain states - are the child raping gang1533593See >>1533315
>>1533000i'm gonna get banned for this, but... isn't this an actually good use case scenario for AI porn? people are looking for bad stuff to jerk it to. isn't it better to supply them with synthetic material so they don't go buying the real thing? if the idea is to protect kids, then keeping pedophiles occupied with AI and robots seems like a good idea.
>>1533868On a superficial level it's easy to make that assumption, it doesn't account for variables like do they have kids of their own and will the ability to generate the "fantasy" lead to them abusing their own children. And that only assumes they keep it in house, plenty of examples were it doesn't already. AI should have a blanket ban on Sex involving people aged 15 or below. 16 is the most common age of acceptable consent in thinking countries. Anything below that point should = mandatory conviction, hard labour.
>>1533868The reason why the justice system is so hard on real stuff is because the victim is not only harmed during the creation of the material, but also every single time that material is shared with other pedos. The problem here is that these AI's aren't creating images out of nothing. They need to be trained on massive sets of real images, which is horrifying in the extreme.
1533868>UK's 2009 Coroners and Justice Act: possession of so much as artwork of a pedophilic nature is just as illegal as actual photographs of RL CP. Doesn't matter if it's drawn, 3D rendered or AI (de)generated>UK's police have the power to check computer drives - without a warrant - for scanned/downloaded photos, drawings and rendered/(de)generated images.>Scotland Yard in London have backup by the government's GCHQ, which scans monitors & intercepts the entire telecommunications network, and detects CP and those who upload/download such, even on the Dark Web, and any encryption they've already cracked>Oh, and if your drives are encrypted, as far as they're concerned, you're immediately guilty of posessing such extremely illegal images.. And the courts will see things the police's way rather than yoursWhy shouldn't any & all other countries follow their example?If you think your opinions to the contrary are superior, you can always go through the entry gates at the Palace of Westminster in London and persuade MPs there that their lawmaking opinions are wrong and the police are wrong too.But good luck in persuading the police at said entry gates otherwise, as they're armed with H&K MP7s. Do you have a license for that wrong opinion?
>>1533989And yet they won't stop the grooming and raping. Images bad, real thing hidden and ignored. We should definitely be more like them...
>they won't stop the grooming and raping>the Republican party refuse to make child marriages illegal in certain states, thus the GOP: Gang Of Pedophiles. And their leader that refuses to do anything about itThus rightists don't have the right to have opinions about anyone else, when even worse is allowed to exist in the Republican party, and supporters of the GOP refuse to condemn them.Hypocrisy. It's hardwired into the DNA of rightists. And hypocrites never had the right to have opinions in the first place. Eliminate all wrongdoers, wrongthinkers & deviants among your own kind before you can so much as think of pointing the finger of accusation at anyone else. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Refuse to condemn the grooming Gang Of Pedophiles, you're as bad as they are. Thus you only have the right to STFU in perpetuity.
>>1534303Define a child marriage so I know what it is you actually want and I don't have to guess faggot. Shouldn't have to wade through your aberration of a mental state try to get to a point, your binary vision of the world is your problem.
1534733 can't excuse child marriages allowed to happen by the Gang Of Pedophiles so I know what it is the likes of 1534733 actually are, and I don't have to guess that 1534733 is a projecting faggot. Shouldn't have to wade through 1534733's aberration of a mental state that will never have a point other than to project their own perversions, thus the only point is Accusations are Admissions, their wrong opinions of those not exactly like them is 1534733's problem.>rightards and supporters of the Gang Of Pedophiles, no matter how much they project & unjustifiably accuse others of the worse than wrongdoings & sins they commit, will never beat the actual grooming gang allegations>>1534303's point eternally stands. Until there's a complete purge of all pedos, corruption, subhuman rightards, and hypocrites in the Republican party. But then, there would be no Republican party left if they did exactly that
