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Technology

May 4, 2023

Counsel debate how to handle child harm content at trial

In the coordinated lawsuits against social media companies, defense counsel Ashley M. Simonsen said her clients will not have access to the evidence to prepare for trial because such material is sent to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and only released to law enforcement.

Counsel in consolidated proceedings over whether social media companies facilitate harm to children appeared in Superior Court on Wednesday to debated the proper handling and preservation of child sexual abuse material as evidence for trial.

Discussing a potential order for preservation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) as evidence, defense counsel Ashley M. Simonsen said the companies send all reports of such material to the National ...

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