CSAM

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Updated on 2024-04-30
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Definition

Child Sexual Abuse Material – Imagery or videos which show a person who is a child and engaged in or is depicted as being engaged in explicit sexual activity.

AKA: CP, CSEI, CSAI, SG-CSAM, CG-CSAM

Note: It is inappropriate to refer to this material as pornography. Although some laws refer to “child pornography”, pornography implies consent, which a child can never give.

Library Resources: CSAM Primer, CSAM Reporting Requirements

IFTAS CSAM Roadmap

Classification System

Terminology Guidelines

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