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Originally Posted by tony404
Also did you ever think if everyone policed against cp on the net it could cut it down probably 80 percent instead of waiting for police to do it?
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You're missing one major point: The primary goal of the Innocent Images division of the FBI isn't to simply "shut down CP sites". It's also to FIND THE CHILDREN THAT ARE BEING ABUSED AND PUT AN END TO THAT ABUSE!
That's something DirectNic, or any other registrar, or any private company, can simply not do.
Truth be told, as far as I'm concerned, unilaterally shutting down CP sites without talking to the authorities first, could very easily hinder active on going investigations.
Just because a CP site is online, doesn't mean the feds don't know about it, it doesn't mean they don't have taps in place, and it doesn't mean they're not watching the people running those sites.
Sometimes the cost of finding children being victimized is allowing a CP site to stay online for a while, so that those responsible for actually producing the content can be tracked down.
Once a site is shut down, or a registrar contacts them, or puts a hold on their domain, the hat is tipped. All too often, children have been "disappeared" because their molesters realize someone's on to them.
CERTAINLY I'm not saying that's got anything to do with this particular case, but it's something that could easily take place if these types of policies are allowed to stand.