Larry Sanger Tells FBI Wikipedia Distributes "Child Pornography"

Taco Cowboy writes with news that Larry Sanger, the co-founder of Wikipedia, has reported to the FBI what he says is child pornography on Wikipedia, including links (redacted in the letter just linked) to entries about pedophilia and the genre of manga known as lolicon. The Register has up an article with some analysis, which mentions the opinion of at least one attorney whose "reading of the statute [requiring reporting of child porn images] is that it does apply to the Wikimedia Foundation." Update 20100414 5:00 GMT: Larry Sanger has posted a general reply in response to critics of his report to the FBI, in which he addresses the form, content, and motivation of his complaint, and offers some discussion of the relevant statute.

Comments

No conflict of interest there

[Arancaytar]

Just doing his civic duty, yessir.

Re:No conflict of interest there

[commodoresloat]

Hey, here in Germany even our cabinet members can show hard child pornograghic pictures in press conferences.

"Press conferences"? Is that what they're calling them these days?

Re:No conflict of interest there

[Mr. Bad Example]

> Do you have children of your own?

The contents of my basement are nobody else's business.

Re:No conflict of interest there

[Lunzo]

We wouldn't expect anything less from Mr. Bad Example.

I've also filed my own report

[DrXym]

I just spotted a case of sour grapes on Larry's website.

Re:First

[Anonymous Coward]

Pedophiles thinks of the children.

Re:First

[Anonymous Coward]

You can stop thinking of the children now.

Re:tired of this crap

[Anonymous Coward]

But... won't you think of the children?

Re:tired of this crap

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh gimme a break, I've spent *hours* today thinking of the children, my wrist is too sore to do it any longer.

Re:First

[Anonymous Coward]

Child zebras?

Re:Categories

[hldn]

( . )( . )

these ascii boobs belong to a 14 year old ascii girl. i'm serious.

Re:First

[erroneus]

Among the worst "I read that wrong" comments:

"Won't somebody please link to the children?!"

Re:Categories

[cerberusss]

( . )( . )

these ascii boobs belong to a 14 year old ascii girl. i'm serious.

Uuuurgh that's disgusting. Is there some sort of special term for these kinds of pictures, where the head and body was brutally cut off, and only a set of breasts is shown of an underage girl?

Also, I can't fap to this.

The eveidence is overwhelming

[Posting=!Working]

As ValleyWag put it (as quoted by Mashable): ...they could pass the time reading a 2000 work by Möller. Its German title is "Kinder sind Pornos," which means "Children are pornography." Even in Google's rough translation, the gist [of the paper, not of the title] is clear enough: Möller argues that nonviolent child pornography does no harm. He relates the frosty reception he received when he put forth this view at a conference in Nuremberg in 2000.

Since Mashable quoted Valleywag who gave us the gist of a machine generated translation of a 10 year old article originally in German, it's completely obvious. Especially when the translation is so clear:

It is in the rest of the Judgement quoted abuse therapist without recognizable to its methodology would be a critical distance.

Just try to argue with that. You can't. Or this one:

"The opinion that children have sexuality and can enjoy this too, should / should not be distributed," says Schweer further.
That this is not an opinion, but a scientific fact that is not doubted by many self-proclaimed protectors children, he is silent.

The monster. He should/should not be in prison for quoting that.

Re:First

[The Ultimate Fartkno]

So... just how small are these claims?

*fap*

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[mdwh2]

Under new laws, a simple well known game now results in the creation of snuff porn:

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And how can you be sure that the person depicted here isn't under 18 too?

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[jandrese]

Shouldn't that be: |.||.|