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It bothers me that you can be arrested for just being a member of a website.

rayiner 13y ago
The charges were: Daniel Nolan Devor, 39, of Brunswick, Ga., charged with conspiracy to produce child pornography, distribution of child pornography and receipt of materials involving the sexual exploitation of minors John C. Foster, 44 of Tipp City, Ohio, charged with conspiracy to produce child pornography, distribution of child pornography, and receipt of materials involving the sexual exploitation of minors Aung Gaw aka Michael Gaw, 25, of Fremont, Calif., charged with receipt of child pornography Vittorio Francesco Gonzalez-Castillo, 26, of Tucson, Ariz., charged with conspiracy to produce child pornography Sean Jabbar, 32, of Minneapolis, Minn., charged with receipt of child pornography Christopher Jamieson, 30, of Douglassville, Ga., charged with receipt of child pornography Andrew Korpal, 29, of Granger, Ind., charged with receipt of child pornography Nicholas Saine, 27, of Seattle, Wash., charged with receipt of child pornography Christopher Schwab, 25 of New Orleans, charged with production of child pornography, distribution of child pornography, and receipt of child pornography Stanley Zdon, III, 27, of Tuckerton, N.J., charged with conspiracy to produce child pornography
icebraining 13y ago
None of them was arrested for "just being a member of a website."
pbhjpbhj 13y ago
It bothers me that there were apparently 27000 members but they only have 300 active investigations [perhaps more will arise as they sift through the data]. Does it also bother you that just conspiring to kill someone is a crime?
- DanBC 13y ago
  It's gently worrying that some people have their ode titites stolen, and one use for those stolen identities is to register an account on a website sharing images of child sexual abuse. Let's hope law enforcement are careful about arrests.
  - pbhjpbhj 13y ago
    Indeed, being a member =/= having your identity registered as a member. Indeed you'd need plenty more than "your home IP accessed this site on multiple occassions" to move beyond reasonable doubt.
  - jerf 13y ago
    They need to be really fucking careful. For child exploitation charges, the accusation is damn near as good as conviction, because if you end up in prison on a charge like that, even just to await trial, your fellow prisoners will also dispense "justice", heavy scare quotes.

The charges were: Daniel Nolan Devor, 39, of Brunswick, Ga., charged with conspiracy to produce child pornography, distribution of child pornography and receipt of materials involving the sexual exploitation of minors John C. Foster, 44 of Tipp City, Ohio, charged with conspiracy to produce child pornography, distribution of child pornography, and receipt of materials involving the sexual exploitation of minors Aung Gaw aka Michael Gaw, 25, of Fremont, Calif., charged with receipt of child pornography Vittorio Francesco Gonzalez-Castillo, 26, of Tucson, Ariz., charged with conspiracy to produce child pornography Sean Jabbar, 32, of Minneapolis, Minn., charged with receipt of child pornography Christopher Jamieson, 30, of Douglassville, Ga., charged with receipt of child pornography Andrew Korpal, 29, of Granger, Ind., charged with receipt of child pornography Nicholas Saine, 27, of Seattle, Wash., charged with receipt of child pornography Christopher Schwab, 25 of New Orleans, charged with production of child pornography, distribution of child pornography, and receipt of child pornography Stanley Zdon, III, 27, of Tuckerton, N.J., charged with conspiracy to produce child pornography

icebraining 13y ago

None of them was arrested for "just being a member of a website."

pbhjpbhj 13y ago

It bothers me that there were apparently 27000 members but they only have 300 active investigations [perhaps more will arise as they sift through the data]. Does it also bother you that just conspiring to kill someone is a crime?

DanBC 13y ago
It's gently worrying that some people have their ode titites stolen, and one use for those stolen identities is to register an account on a website sharing images of child sexual abuse. Let's hope law enforcement are careful about arrests.
- pbhjpbhj 13y ago
  Indeed, being a member =/= having your identity registered as a member. Indeed you'd need plenty more than "your home IP accessed this site on multiple occassions" to move beyond reasonable doubt.
- jerf 13y ago
  They need to be really fucking careful. For child exploitation charges, the accusation is damn near as good as conviction, because if you end up in prison on a charge like that, even just to await trial, your fellow prisoners will also dispense "justice", heavy scare quotes.