I’ve worked in computer forensics, in most of the cases I’ve been aware of individuals are prosecuted for possession of this material vs. viewing it. There are very strict regulations regarding ‘chain of custody’ for evidence like this, when its not being actively reviewed its secured in an alarmed evidence locker with CCTV monitoring.
If the material is online, the Feds will still seize the systems hosting the content and review both the evidence and the billing/access logs to determine who to prosecute.
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