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William Weber, a LowEndTalk member, was raided by Austrian police in 2012 for operating a Tor exit node that was allegedly used to distribute child pornography. While he was not arrested, many of his computers and devices were confiscated. He was later found guilty of supporting the distribution of child pornography through his Tor exit node, though he claims it was unintentional and he was simply supporting free speech and anonymity. He was given a 5 year probation sentence but left Austria shortly after. Though some articles portray him negatively, it is debatable whether he intentionally supported child pornography distribution or simply operated in the legal grey area of Tor exit nodes.

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Child pornography is in no way acceptable and cannot be rationalized as normal. He got what he had coming to him as far as I am concerned.

[-] ChaosSauce@wizanons.dev 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Why can't I downvote this?

I just noticed that lemmy doesn't have downvotes lol.

[-] sin_free_for_00_days@lemmy.one 9 points 1 year ago

It depends on the instance you signed up with. Mine, and it looks like yours, doesn't have downvotes. It's the host's decision. Annoying at times like this, huh?

[-] lemann@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Oooh a fellow lemmyone user 😁🙋‍♂️

[-] root@precious.net 7 points 1 year ago

Lemmy has downvotes, but some specific instances (servers) do not allow them.

[-] Contend6248@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago
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