On 04/29/2013 07:32 PM, Chris Patti wrote:
Tor has a rather severe reputation problem at the moment. Given the recent revelations around malware on the network, and the pervasiveness of pedophilia, I think we should consider a course of action to help boost the network's PR. For one - while nobody is interested in acting as the police and stamping out the pedo material, cleaning up links to pedo sites on the hidden wiki and the various other link dirs would be a good start. As a newcomer to Tor, as I explored the various onions out there, I felt as if practically everywhere I turned there were links taking me to pedo sites, IRC channels etc. I recognize that free speech means free speech for everyone, even those with views that we find objectionable, but there's nothing to stop the community from turning a cold shoulder to these people who see informed consent as being an optional or academic concept.
Hi Chris, Here, in the Netherlands we have the hotline[1] to report sites containing child porn. They will evaluate and report to the proper authorities. Other countries may have similar hotlines.It should be safe to report there, although I guess they already know about onion sites. I'll inquire with them but guess it will take a few days to get an answer, due to queen/king issues these days.
However, given the nature of onion sites, I don't know how the police investigators could track and take down the source without defeating the anonymity of Tor. Perhaps the authorities already do and leave *us* in the dark. :-) 1: http://www.meldpunt-kinderporno.nl/EN/.htm _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk