Probably already covered but found a watchdog website/blog with tons of newsworthy criminal activity reporting, court documents, links, etc. This particular article provides the most information on this case to date. Perhaps this is why all those guys at the Pentagon, I think I read close to 5k employees ended up with illegal child-porn on their government computers?
http://vaticproject.blogspot.com/2016/10/lawyer-dark-web-child-porn-site-ran.html?m=1
“The FBI distributed child pornography to viewers and downloaders worldwide for nearly two weeks, until at least March 4, 2015, even working to improve the performance of the website beyond its original capability,” Peter Adolf, an assistant federal defender in the Western District of North Carolina, writes in a motion to have his client’s indictment thrown out."
“As a result, the number of visitors to Playpen while it was under Government control [increased] from an average of 11,000 weekly visitors to approximately 50,000 per week. During those two weeks, the website’s membership grew by over 30%, the number of unique weekly visitors to the site more than quadrupled, and approximately 200 videos, 9,000 images, and 13,000 links to child pornography were posted on the site,” he continues.
"Christopher Allen, a spokesperson for the FBI, declined to comment on matters pending litigation."
▼ Y8goKTH959VCLKty8xIz
They were advertising like crazy on all the markets no wonder
▼ PepperoniBoni
They probably just sent out an email to the entire pentagon and friends that there is a safe site everyone can access. That's how it grew so quick.
▼ rodental
Once we lock up and hang all of the pedos we need to find every member of the FBI that was involved in running a CP site and do the same to them.
▼ thomccc
This is why nothing will be done for these children and exploited people.
This is just ridiculous .
The government running a porn site to catch pedophiles, is like the FBI murdering a bunch of women to catch a serial killer...which they probably do
▼ PizzaStreamerLive
Devils advocate here. Just a pro-FBI thought: What if pizzagate was known then. That the entire site was used by in-house people such as government, clintons, podestas. And FBI wanted to gather as much definitive proof on specific high ranking people had been there and could pin out the entire in-house network. (Which is a motherfucking tough case to lay out in the public without that.) Could it be that they were waiting for people to make the wrong move? Or gather more intel? (Either way it's disgusting no doubt. But might as well make the argument.)
Edit: On the efficiency part. Why not improve the site? As the best running site, like all other platforms. Is where the most people would want to gather.
▼ NatashaFatale
Not sure what to make of this fairly bizarre article on VT, but it sounds like some of the pedo networks organize using online forums under the guise of discussing other topics such as "free energy," at least in the case of the Sterling David Allen bust last year.
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2016/03/06/vt-science-free-energy-scams-cults-and-the-new-world-order/
▼ ravensedgesom
So the "authorities" are making a CP site run more efficiently another further evidence of the fox guarding the hen house.
▼ WixFix
LOL - I knew the guvmint could do something right
▼ sugarskull
Very clever Wix...you beat me to it!
▼ GrislyAddams
How would pedos know to go there during that window of efficiency? Seems like there might be another site where folks talk about shit.
▼ palmitespo910
Word of mouth travels. It's already been covered pretty well that this is a network. People talk to each other in that respect.
▼ GrislyAddams
Absolutely. Super ballsy to just walk up to someone and guess that they like to touch kids too, though. Even riskier on the internet with no visual body language cues.
Are all these pedos really into computers enough to have a Linux machine and TOR it up? Or is there a more readily accessible website, like Reddit or Tumbler, where these guys are getting a sort of primer education on how to be closet computer fuckchops?
I get the symbols thing but people who aren't into it use those too. My daughter was gifted one on a necklace by her grandma. It's missing now...somehow...
▼ palmitespo910
I am not sure how face-to-face this network would be at the lower levels. I mean, I am no stranger to stumbling across illicit content on the WWW or over TOR. I remember 4chan mods didn't used to delete cp threads until they'd been around for hours. If you know the right buzzwords, I would imagine you could find this content on most social media sites (we have already found many on twitter and instagram. I, personally, have seen hundreds of them on Pintrest). I saw in a thread recently that the ONION subreddit kept The Hidden Wiki on the page, knowing that The Hidden Wiki also helped tor users access cp.
▼ Narcissism
Ha Ha... better let the FBI run all child porn then..
▼ cantsleepawink
Thanks for bringing this case up. I have been looking for the follow up arrests that surely would have come from the undercover investigation but can't find zilch. Anyone knows what became of it ?
▼ target_blank
Upvoat for tldr
▼ gt8h65fg
it's an undercover investigation!