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Porn Site Gave Federal Agents Free Rein

Frosty Piss writes "The operators of a notorious porn site Free6.com granted federal agents administrative access to the site, giving investigators the ability to monitor traffic and public and private chats in an effort to identify users trading 'a significant amount of child pornography.' Though some bloggers have speculated about whether law enforcement officials have secretly been given administrative access to sites where users have been known to post child pornography (like 4chan), the Free6.com arrangement is apparently the first such compact to be disclosed by investigators."

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  1. Re:I guess they wanted free porn. by jgagnon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The vast majority of crap on 4Chan is not worth looking at... whether you're a girl, a boy, or something else entirely.

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  2. Re:I guess they wanted free porn. by hoggoth · · Score: 5, Insightful

    standard disclaimer, child porn is bad, etc etc

    > I believe that the laws prohibiting possession of child pornography have been shown to reduce the production of same

    Citation needed.

    I find it hard to believe that throwing someone in jail and ruining their life for having a drawing of Bart Simpson having sex has any beneficial effect. (Here's my citation: http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/08/bart-simpson-child-pornography-and-free-speech/ )

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  3. Re:I guess they wanted free porn. by characterZer0 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    By paying for it, you are encouraging them to make more.

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  4. Re:I guess they wanted free porn. by rrohbeck · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So if they don't pay for it, it's ok?

    We've all learned from the RIAA and MPAA that downloading destroys the industry, so downloading CP should be a good thing.