Major UK Child Porn Investigation Flawed

Oxygen99 writes "The Guardian (UK) is carrying a story on Operation Ore, a major police investigation aimed at catching online pedophiles. This has resulted in several high-profile arrests, such as those of Pete Townshend and Robert Del Naja (both falsely accused), while attracting significant press attention. Yet, the reality of the investigation is one of stolen credit cards, wrongful accusations, and ignorance leading to a significant number of the 7,292 people on the list being wrongfully accused of a very emotionally charged crime. There have been 39 suicides and a number of other people on the list will probably never be investigated. It seems to me this case highlights flaws inherent in the way law enforcement agencies handle evidence that only a small minority of front-line officers fully understand."

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Re:And under discussion currently in the UK

[Excen]

And, oh yes, having real sex is of course the best,
 
After waxing poetic on tentacle porn for an entire screen, my guess is your sexual experience is limited to Rosie Palmer and her twin sister Sticky.

UK "child porn" laws are fraudalent too

[Brian Ribbon]

The fact that UK "child porn" laws don't even require pictures of children to be pornographic - just "indecent" - is evidence of the fact that the laws aren't there to protect children, they exist because people don't like minor-attraction. Since homophobia is no longer acceptable, they must be able to express distaste about another perceived sexual minority.

Consider the case of Tom O'Carroll, who was imprisoned because they decided the images he had were 'inappropiate for a paedophile to have.' His thoughts were the deciding factor in the case, effectively rendering his conviction a case of thought crime.

UK child porn laws are disgraceful and they need to be changed.