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Some great points brought up in this thread, and it's good to hear that CP stuff pisses everyone off to want to do something about it.
The problem is that taking actions into your own hands is vigilantism...and committing a feloney (ie. DDOS, hacking, etc) to someone who is doing a felony (ie. showing cp) won't get you off the hook, should FBI track you down.
Leads submitted to ASACP are reviewed, and ones that are truly CP, are forwarded to National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (the "officially" recongnized organization that is supposed to pass on leads to FBI) as well as to State AG and state FBI field offices.
The CP leads are broken down by billing, hosting, and registrar as well as then by state, in order to better target which law enforcement can act upon it.
State AG are particularly interested if the cp stuff happens in their state, so it's a time issue of building up the relationship for them to be ready to accept the research cp leads that ASACP finds.
One reason for changing ASACP name from Adult Sites Against Child Pornography to Association of Sites Advocating Child Protection was to make it easier for mainstream and government entities to associate with ASACP. There is a BIG stigma out in mainstream and government about adult whether you recognize it or not.
There is alot that goes on behind the scenes involving the cp lead stuff, and it is frustrating on ASACP's part to want to have the found and confirmed CP sites taken down immediately.
Alot of the cp sting operations that you read about were many times ones that ASACP had reported on.. but there is a big delay sometimes between discovering the cp site, and when action is taken by law enforcement happens.
Putting aside all the political, gossip, negative issues that is slung at ASACP, there is alot of good being done, and alot of people involved behind the scenes in trying to make a difference, including all the sponsors and members who provide financial support to make those things happen.
Fight the CP!
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