There is at least one document among the files currently released in which redacted text can be viewed through copy and paste.

Soon after the U.S. Department of Justice released a batch of documents related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in late December 2025, social media users claimed the text hidden by redactions ...

The latest release of Jeffrey Epstein case files was supposed to balance public transparency with privacy and safety. Instead, it has exposed a basic failure of digital redaction, as users discovered ...

The Justice Department’s attempt to redact sensitive information from the Epstein files has quickly unraveled after people online discovered an easy way to read what’s behind many of those black boxes ...