child sexual-abuse material

A form of child sexual abuse material — Child pornography depicting or created by means of actual sexual abuse of children.

Meanings

nounchild sexual-abuse material (countable and uncountable, plural child sexual-abuse materials)

plural child sexual-abuse materials

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of child sexual abuse material.

    There are requirements to take down and report child sexual-abuse material within specific time limits.

    2022 November 30, Olivia Solon, Jillian Deutsch, “Elon Musk’s job cuts decimate Twitter team tackling child sexual abuse, sources say”, in Miami Herald, Miami, Fla., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9A, column 6
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    ICE Staff Sgt. Mike Zaparyniuk said in the report the number of files ICE receives is likely to go down after the pandemic but may not return to pre-March levels as he believes people will continue to seek out child sexual-abuse material.

    2020 July 29, Jeff Labine, “Child-exploitation cases on the rise: Provincial investigators blame pandemic for ‘tidal wave’ of pornographic images”, in Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, Alta., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A9, column 2

    MindGeek has denied all accusations of wrongdoing, saying it is a global leader in preventing distribution of exploitive videos and images and has zero tolerance for non-consensual content or child sexual-abuse material.

    2021 May 11, Christopher Reynolds, “Privacy watchdog probes Pornhub: Alleged non-consensual content on site”, in National Post, volume 23, number 162, Toronto, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A4, column 1

    The investigation was initiated when the Vermont-Internet Crimes Against Children (VT-ICAC) Task Force received CyberTipline reports from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that someone was uploading what was suspected to be images of child sexual-abuse materials, commonly referred to as “child pornography,” on the social media platform Facebook.

    2021 September 18–19, Patrick McArdle, “City man denies child porn charge”, in Rutland Herald Weekender, Rutland, Vt., →OCLC, page A3, columns 2–3

    Joseph Germain, 31, of Casselberry, Florida, late last week pleaded guilty to manufacturing child sexual-abuse materials and distribution of child sexual abuse materials,^([sic]) Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced Wednesday.

    2022 February 24, “Florida man guilty of posting explicit child videos […]”, in The Coast Star, Manasquan, N.J., →OCLC, page 19, columns 1–2

    More than 90,000 accounts were identified in New Zealand as possessing or sharing child sexual-abuse material, with more identified around the globe, including Canada, said RCMP.

    2022 March 3, Cheryl Chan, “Sex offender charged following global child exploitation investigation”, in The Province, Vancouver, B.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 4
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APA

child sexual-abuse material. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child%20sexual-abuse%20material

MLA

“child sexual-abuse material.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child%20sexual-abuse%20material. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “child sexual-abuse material,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child%20sexual-abuse%20material.

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