"Molestation on demand" ring shut down

[Rigorous Intuition]

I'd also advise caution when cybersleuthing this stuff, remembering the shitstorm Pete Townsend invited upon his head a few years ago. <p></p><i></i>

[hmm]

i would second that warning.<br>Not only because law enforcement could mistake your intent.<br>It could, and possibly by definition, wil damage your soul..<br>It is one thing to "forget" a news account, it is something else to erase images from your mind...<br>delving into the world of "pro-anna" sites due to a friends struggle with anorexia is something that wil always haunt me.. <p></p><i></i>

[chiggerbit]

I know. It spooked me. <p></p><i></i>

[hmm]

as the official winmx was shutdown (due to massive copyright violations by its users) it is now a user supported (hacked) program.<br>this is one of the main user forums:<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.vladd44.com/phpbb2/">www.vladd44.com/phpbb2/</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>using the search function one can find users of the system were aware of that chatroom (and others like it) and struggled with how to deal with the problem.<br>some users relate reporting to the authorities and others report attempts to close down or disrupt the "room" <p></p><i></i>

[Hugh Manatee Wins]

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>police pretended to be him, the man who had earned such trust within the group that he had gained the status of administrator, a position that gave him special access<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>And the man's apartment was empty except for a computer.<br>Hmm.<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>"If you look for the social-economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>Such a mix of possible messages in the context of NSA surveillance and the recent Pentagon-declared war on the internet.<br><br>Good job by cyber-cops?<br>MIHOP sting operation used as<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> internet chill event</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->?<br><br><br><br> <p></p><i></i>

[hmm]

it looks like these were two different rooms and one was noticed by other winmx users as early as feb 2004<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.vladd44.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=2465">www.vladd44.com/phpbb2/vi...php?t=2465</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Posted: Tue <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Feb 24, 2004 1:05 pm</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> Post subject: this is sic beyond beleif helppp         <br>Evil or Very Mad what can be done folks a room has open that is wrong to the core <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>KiddyVids</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> (Adult)_C99562511A2B present hosts ip 81.98.149.201:6699 is there anyone who can suggest some way of persuading these peodohiles that it is unaacceptable anylink to complaint would be appreciated..<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--> <p></p><i></i>

[sunny]

Via Cannonfire, I learned our very own Patrick J. Fitzgerald was responsible for the arrest of these horrible perverts. Gonzalez and Miers were taking credit when credit was not due them.<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000082&sid=asssXz4D2ulo&refer=canada">www.bloomberg.com/apps/ne...fer=canada</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><br>Twenty-Seven Accused by U.S. of Running Child Pornography Site <br>March 15 (Bloomberg) -- Twenty-seven people around the world were charged by U.S. prosecutors with running an Internet chat room used to trade child pornography pictures and videos. <br><br>Federal grand juries in nine districts returned indictments against 13 defendants in the U.S., and 14 have been charged in Canada, Australia and the U.K., the Justice Department said in a statement today. <br><br>The defendants have used the ``Kiddypics & Kiddyvids'' chat room to solicit and trade child pornography, including streaming videos of live molestations, since April 2005, according to an indictment. <br><br>``Today's charges involve the most disturbing of allegations,'' U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald in Chicago said in a statement. ``The victimization of children in the depraved manner described can never be tolerated.'' <br><br>Agents with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit infiltrated the chat room in February, the government said. <br><br><br> <p></p><i></i>