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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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[-] JuliusSeizure@lemmy.sdf.org 158 points 1 year ago

Shouldn't all social media, ISPs, Apple, Google, etc also be found guilty of the same crime then? What about CDN?

[-] tryptaminev@feddit.de 42 points 1 year ago

you see, they are companys and they make monzees that they dont pay taxes on, so its fine. But that guy was a terroristic web activist, subverting the order of the free world by providing free tools to a community of which some used it for illegal purposes.

[-] peter@feddit.uk 30 points 1 year ago

The article explains that this was basically a flaw in the way the law was written

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