Seventh Circuit
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Also written as: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · the panel
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- The panel said it was not free to redraw the lines and asked for new guidance.
- Chief Judge James D. Peterson dismissed only the possession count and the Seventh Circuit affirmed that dismissal, leaving the other counts intact.
- The Seventh Circuit held that 18 U.S.C. § 1466A(b)(1) is unconstitutional as applied to private, in‑home possession of obscene AI‑generated imagery that does not depict an actual child.
- The panel’s legal line is that possession of wholly synthetic files that stay inside the house is not a license to make, share, or send them.
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Origin: first recognised while reading Seventh Circuit Shields In-Home AI Virtual CSAM Possession While Production, Distribution, and Transfer Charges Stand · 2026-08-31 06:07