Anonymous Exposes ped0philes On Twitter

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Anonymous Exposes ped0philes On Twitter

By Mary Long on June 5, 2012 5:30 PM
What’s worse than knowing ped0philes exist in the world?

How about having them get all ‘in your face’ on Twitter with posts looking for, talking about or sharing pictures of children? Yeah, this is happening – and Anonymous is exposing them, one sick twist at a time.
And you can help.

The whole thing appears to have started when Rhode Island Senator Beth Moura sent out this tweet, asking Rhode Island Representative Dan Gordon for help:

Representative Gordon retweeted it and tagged Anonymous, asking for help. And once the hacktivist group got involved, they kept finding more and more – and MORE ped0philes openly interacting on Twitter. Folks started contacting Twitter and the FBI – and then and the hashtag #Twitterped0Ring started:


Two Anonymous folks appear to have taken the lead after that – @VizFoSho and @Aeristotle.

With Representative Gordon coming in with an assist:

But in pure Anonymous fashion, they also share the predators’ Twitter handles on a pastebin note, with this warning:

How can you help? The effort is still going strong. If you hack, check out #Twitterped0Ring – we’re sure you can take it from there. For the rest of us, if you spot ped0phile accounts, report them (along with all the handles listed on the pastebin) to cp@twitter.com.


What do you think of Anonymous now?

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[greaseweasel]

What do I think of them.

I still don't like Anonymous.

Whatever the background to the story, its not their job to be the vigilantes of the internet.

[Zoots]

I don't think that's anyone's job description is it?

Not arsed who they are or what they do tbh, but if they really are trying to rid Twitter of child pornography images then it's fine by me. It's not something that will happen overnight though, and no point doing it then forgetting about it in a fortnight either.

[Tim.Lad]

Haven't they already been proven not to be trusted with things like this as they put an ex members details or something like that in another list related to a hidden child porn board

[Rick Sanchez]

What do I think of them.

I still don't like Anonymous.

Whatever the background to the story, its not their job to be the vigilantes of the internet.

Someone's got to it, good work lads

[greaseweasel]

Haven't they already been proven not to be trusted with things like this as they put an ex members details or something like that in another list related to a hidden child porn board

That's the problem, its effectively an unregulated 'policing' which is open to huge corruption and mistakes. While I don't want ped0's online, its worse to have innocent people tarred as one.

Whose checking these people are getting it right?

[Tim.Lad]

Someone's got to it, good work lads

No its not bringing twitter names to the attention of the authorities is one thing ( and to be commended ) but their past activities of hacking websites / forums and exposing member details especially with Anonymous background could cause any case brought to collapse by claims of un-reliable or tainted evidence