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Silicon Sickos: Appeals Court Rules It Is Legal to Possess AI-Generated Child Porn at Home

A federal appeals court says it had no choice but to protect the in-home possession of AI-generated child pornography because of a 2002 Supreme Court ruling, even as judges warned that modern technology has blurred the legal lines drawn nearly 25 years ago. The post Silicon Sicko.

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Brimstone Report is tracking this as a curated politics brief. The source report from Breitbart says: A federal appeals court says it had no choice but to protect the in-home possession of AI-generated child pornography because of a 2002 Supreme Court ruling, even as judges warned that modern technology has blurred the legal lines drawn nearly 25 years ago. The post Silicon Sicko.

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  • Primary source: Breitbart
  • Published: Aug 30, 2026, 6:47 PM UTC
  • Coverage area: Politics
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