Protecting Children in the Age of End-to-End Encryption
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2022
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American University Washington College of Law
Abstract
It is easy to let conversations about online child sexual exploitation and abuse devolve into no-win
arguments about the merits (or lack thereof) of end-to-end encryption. Law enforcement officials
bemoan that this technology leads to criminals “going dark,” meaning they can communicate in
places that police cannot access, even with a warrant. Privacy advocates cry that the technology
is necessary and dismiss law enforcement’s “but the children” arguments as fearmongering. This
report sidesteps this debate by simply assuming, without judgment, that end-to-end encryption is
here to stay, and asks, how are we going to combat online child sexual exploitation and abuse?
This report examines this problem in depth
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child sexual exploitation, online sexual exploitation, child sexual abuse material, encryption, intervention, tools
Citation
Draper, L. (2022). Protecting Children in the Age of End-to-End Encryption. Joint PIJIP/TLS Research paper series, 80. https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/research/80/