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 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.
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 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.
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.
External Links and Media Mentions
Fiction or Felony? The Blurring of Art and Abuse
Jun 12, 2025, COSL — An AI porn artist was sentenced to jail time today in the culmination of a major law enforcement operation. Here’s why experts are concerned.