The FBI took over the online identity of a pedophile, letting child porn spread for 18 months
The sting operations are a double-edged sword: they can successfully help cops catch abusers and those who share exploitation imagery and video, and at the same time permit the re-victimization of anyone featured in the material.
suspects with"consent to assume online identity" forms. In 2008, investigators took control of a suspect's Yahoo account, and in 2009, the FBI acquired access to a real user account on a peer-to-peer file-sharing service. . Even some advocates for the rights of child exploitation victims believe that sometimes the ugliness is justified when abusers are apprehended."Every situation needs to be assessed," Signy Arnason, associate executive director at the Canadian Center for Child Protection, told"I'd assume this would be assessed by police... that the outcome would justify some of the downsides.
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