This workshop draws from real-world cases handled by Prune to reveal how child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and trafficking content persist online, and how they can be removed with surgical precision. We will present insights from our forensic work supporting survivors and litigators, including a case study in which we removed CSAM from a major platform by targeting its ad monetization layer. Using Prune’s proprietary infrastructure analysis tooling, we will walk attendees through the hidden architecture of abuse sites – CDNs, DNS providers, registrars, affiliate networks, and payment systems – and demonstrate how our graph-based approach uncovers the financial and operational ecosystem enabling abuse at scale. Attendees will see a live walkthrough of our Neo4j graph map and learn how strategic enforcement vectors are constructed. We will also discuss key challenges in the litigation landscape: gaps in jurisdiction, reluctant intermediaries, and the limits of current law. The session will end with an interactive dialogue: we invite investigators, analysts, and frontline responders to share the challenges they face in getting CSAM and trafficking content removed, and to collectively brainstorm novel paths forward – from takedown strategy to courtroom evidence prep. This session is for anyone working on CSAM cases who wants to better understand the infrastructure behind the crime and how to dismantle it.
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