Im posting this as an alt for what I think are obvious reasons. If you're good at searching google, duckduckgo, various tor search engines and IPFS, child porn

Im posting this as an alt for what I think are obvious reasons. If you're good at searching google, duckduckgo, various tor search engines and IPFS, child porn is not hard to find. (It is NOT my thing, btw. Ive ran across it in some tor researching. Alas.) However, in most states, possession is a statutory charge. To that end, it means if images end up on a computer <whistles>, and there's an anonymous tip, its going to end badly, cause with the statutory nature, simple possession is highly illegal. Now to be fair, Stallman got into hot water due to his lacklustre way of expressing this issue. It's documentation of a heinous crime - one that should likely be a death penalty case - but the images themselves shouldn't carry criminal charge, let alone a statutory criminal charge. Frankly, thats due to how easy they are to acquire, and of a "youre guilty due to simple possession" aspect, even if you were unaware. I also have to wonder, since a journalist doing research into classified govt stuff.. It's really easy to plant those images, and then find them. And you don't even need to hack into a computer. Just leave a thumbdrive hanging around with a label like "hard candy" in the premises, and instant 100+ year felony charge with automatic public assumption of guilt. Having such a "child porn charge" against a journalist doing sensitive research is certainly a great way to get that person permanently out of your hair, and to send a message to anyone else foolish enough to go near their work.