@SW-User I take note of yours too.
how would you have been able to alert the authorities if everything was happening in private messages? The very fact these people were checked on was a win. It would not have happened otherwise and you done a good thing.
I had access to private messages because they were shared with me,
some of which took place back on EP.
And some of those I reported were shown to me by an SWer in the main. One of those who confessed to crimes is still allowed in this website after the investigation.
Perhaps there is another investigation going on that I am not aware of, the admins hinted at that and told me not to share usernames in public. To not interfere ..etc.
I never once said it was only up to the admins but the admins have a duty of care to report these things.
I agree.
It will take time for those laws to be created if they will at all.
Whats to stop these people making a minor account?
If I remember correctly, there is a filter for adult content when you're a minor. If an adult is using a minor account to prey on children, they may not post publicly pedophilic things for us all to report and notify the admins in order to investigate their private message interaction.
And there are a few who used VPNs. Which makes it difficult to detect similarities other than the linguistic patterns.
Of course there is always the problem of minors using adult profiles. I discussed this previously with the admins, and I am sad to say when that happens it helps these individuals get away with crime.
Yes, I do think the laws should be changed. It's the only way to get to the root of the problem.
In the US, there has been only one case where prosecutors were capable of using written pornography to proceed on charges, in NY I think. And that's because he was an ex convict and the descriptions were so horribly detailed and included violence.