Contains more than 9,000 visual content refers to child pornography, users can download content directly from the site. If still lacking, the site also provides links to more than 23 thousand pictures and videos of other minors. However, Playpen only lasted 13 days until March 4, 2015. After that the site could not be accessed.
Apparently, Playpen none other than the "trap" to lure pedophiles FBI and identify their crimes. As a result, there are more than 215 thousand netizens to register as a member Playpen. Currently the control of the FBI, more than 100 thousand users visit the site investigation.
Of that amount, 1,300 computer users whose addresses can be traced. More conical, 137 users indicated as the perpetrators of sexual crimes against children and is now being prosecuted. Not disclosed in detail the process of identification of 137 suspects. Their cases were still a secret to the public.
Controversial
Regardless of the effectiveness of the tracking via Playpen, a trap mechanism in the form of pornographic sites that invite the pros and cons of the community. There were praised, there is also a lampoon. A lawyer for one of the suspects, Colin Fieman, said the FBI did not accurately capture trap the real criminals. He accused the FBI steps it is a form of socialization of sexual abuse in children.
"The government is doing in this case the same as the complex houses flooded with heroin to capture lower-level drug users," he explains.
It was denied legal representation to victims of child sex, James Marsh. He said he was surprised by the FBI step, but satisfied with the result.
"People who visit the site to know where they are," he said.
Mash judge those who attempt to access Playpen (or other child porn sites) likely to commit sexual crimes on children. Those who do not tend, he said, would not be interested in accessing the site. FBI realized through the identification step Playpen not entirely unjustified. However, such a mechanism is considered most effective to capture the criminals.
"No other way can more identify the perpetrators of child sexual crimes (except with fishing offender)," said a former senior FBI Ron Hosko. He participated planning methods "trap" pedophile offenders via Playpen.
FBI criminal action
The statement was overlaid Professor of Law of the University of California Elizabeth Joh. According to him, what the government is like a criminal action.
"At one point, a government investigation was different from the crime. It should be studied further," he said.
Joh is professor of specific cases to review in-depth investigation. According to him, before investigating a case, the government should think of a greater impact.
"Who benefits from this mechanism? Who decided that the most appropriate method like?" he asked.
Until now, the FBI track down pedophiles method continues to be debate among legal observers.
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