

I think it would reduce a lot of direct victimisation of those children used to pleasure the "armchair paedophiles" who abuse these children directly (it should be seen like that IMO) in the comfort and safety of their own homes, who are presumably paying for the "service". I don't agree that censoring would do nothing, though. No, it wouldn't be easy, and couldn't be totally removed. The Australia black site approach would do next to nothing against these rings, while restricting access for people who are not internet savvy. I believe that there is an Interpol division specifically assigned to investigate child pornography rings.Īt this point, "censoring"the internet isn't really all that feasible. ISP's could assist in this, their stance of just "providing the service" and pushing the responsibility to the users of the service, does not protect vulnerable children around the world. In the absence of that, removing them from the internet, would reduce this to an issue for each nation, and I believe would reduce the amount of harm done to children, though I have no proof or link to back this up. The internet has made this a global problem, and a proper global response (if possible) would be needed to tackle it. I think a previous poster mentioned "monitoring the people doing it and then nab them", which on a gut feeling I don't agree with, but would have to think it through. Yes, it won't stop it happening in real life, but it will stop the perpretrators from feeding on and justifying their actions on the internet. Whenever I read the contentious debate about the Internet being uncensored, this is the first thing that springs to mind and my preference is always to sacrifice however much freedom is necessary to stop this kind of thing being perpetrated. it seems reasonable that if they went after those people, then it might become apparent how they find each other. people are pimping out kids in real life. It's not just internet, surface web or not. This way you can create a list of potential child molestors, and if something happens, cross reference the area with the suspects in the vicinity.

If this was a surface site, then it's actually sort of a soft target.Īnother Point: From a law enforcement standpoint, it actually makes some sense to let these networks remain open and track their members. I don't know about this specific site, but on the deep web there are pedos creeping everywhere. It's also tricky since you working with an international legal framework. It's not really efficient to go after people individually, that's why they do the stings, get into the organization, so you can get them to come to you. They usually hide behind mazes of proxies. And if there is, then those obstacles need to be removed.Ī lot of those rings don't operate on the surface web. I know the fed isn't exactly lingering, but I thought there might be legal hurdles that impede their work.

I just don't see how they can keep that concealed for years. But if these idiots can congregate among themselves on the Internet, then there is clearly some support network.
