Unfortunately, US case law is murkier. There have been some notable convictions of people using the old Freenet to search or host CSAM. However, the digital for

Unfortunately, US case law is murkier. There have been some notable convictions of people using the old Freenet to search or host CSAM. However, the digital forensics used in these cases was pretty sketchy. If someone simply caching data from downstream queries were held to the same standard, they'd also be considered guilty. I have no doubt that there was other evidence that led to the conviction of these individuals. But, I can only go on what I know, and what I know is that the standard of digital forensics evidence in those cases was subpar.