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Federal judge rules that AI-generated child sex abuse material is protected under the First Amendment
A federal judge in Wisconsin has ruled that AI-generated child sexual abuse material is protected by the First Amendment, but he voiced concerns about these kinds of cases.
The decision comes in a case against a Wisconsin man who was arrested in 2024 for producing, distributing and possessing AI-generated child sexual abuse material.
According to the Department of Justice, 42-year-old Steven Anderegg used a text-to-image generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) model called Stable Diffusion to create thousands of realistic images of young children.
Many of the images depicted naked children engaging in sexual intercourse with men, the DOJ said.
… But last week, Judge John Z. Lee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss the charges.
In his Aug. 25 decision, the judge referred to two U.S. Supreme Court decisions from 1969 and 2002. The first ruled that people have a right to keep obscenity in the privacy of their homes, and the second ruled that child sex abuse material that does not depict real children is not child pornography and is protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
What is Putin thinking? When does this escalate from ‘irritating’ to war?
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/02/europe-jolted-by-the-kremlins-hybrid-escalation
Europe jolted by the Kremlin’s ‘hybrid’ escalation
This morning, there’s a palpable sense here that the confrontation between Russia and European nations has entered a dangerous new phase. Leaders across Europe have issued scathing condemnations after Germany formally concluded yesterday that the Kremlin was responsible for a recent attempted drone attack on Leipzig airport.
Not at war, but…: Announcing fresh sanctions on Moscow in response to the incident – including tighter entry controls on Russian nationals – German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said on Tuesday: "Let me be very clear: we are not at war. But we are the target of hybrid attacks on a daily basis.” Germany has also raised its threat level from “general” to “high”.
‘Malign actions’: NATO secretary-general Mark Rutte said that the evidence pointing to Russia was “clear”, adding that the Alliance would “strengthen (its) ability to deter and defend Allies against any threat – including malign actions like those seen in Leipzig”.
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