Drawing the Line Coalition Resources
This page collects publications, resources, and links from Drawing the Line coalition partners and media outlets. Publications and resources appearing here are curated by the Advisory Board of the Drawing the Line project, on the basis of their broad alignment with the Drawing the Line Principles. However, no endorsement by signatories of the Drawing the Line Principles is implied by the inclusion of a publication or resource on this page. To suggest additions to this page, contact us.
Publications & Resources
Drawing the Line Watchlist 2025
A legal review addressing the misuse of online safety discourse to criminalize non-harmful, fictional sexual expression and conflate it with real child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The Watchlist provides a comparative analysis across ten countries along with best practice recommendations.
Drawing the Line Watchlist 2025 Launch
This webinar held on 10 December 2025 was for the the global launch of the Drawing the Line Watchlist. Joined by three members of the project’s Advisory Board—Emma Shapiro, Ashley Remminga, and Zora Rush—it explores how censorship, moral panic, and poorly drafted laws are reshaping the digital landscape for artists, queer communities, and marginalized creators.
Drawing the Line Background Paper
This background paper accompanies the release of the Drawing the Line Principles, a set of guiding principles for an ongoing program of research and advocacy work intended to clearly delineate the boundary between personal expression and lived abuse in the context of digital content regulation and moderation.
U.S. v Anderegg Amicus Brief
This brief in the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals responds to a government argument that it is constitutional to criminalize a person over expressive materials that they possess or create privately in their own home, simply by labelling them as obscene. The brief argues that this would be an impermissible intrusion into constitutionally protected privacy rights.
External Links and Media Mentions
Drawing the line: When child safety laws lose sight of real children
Dec 15, 2025, Internet Policy Review — Newly released data reveal how a no-compromise approach to AI-generated and other fictional sexual content depicting children has diverted resources away from prosecuting real child sexual abuse material (CSAM).