Founder of Tor Freedom Hosting arrested in Ireland, awaiting extradition to USA
Slightly off-topic, but I never understood the obsession of legal enforcement with child pornography. Don't get me wrong, the idea of pre-pubescent children being exploited by pornographers horrifies me as much as anyone, but it always felt so ... random.<p>Maybe I'm wrong and the problem is a lot more widespread that I think it is, but I think that there are so many more crimes committed online. Yet, almost every time some morally righteous politician talks about regulating the Internet, he or she mentions "Child Pornography". I can see how the words would have the desired effect in a political speech, but is it really <i>THAT</i> common a problem?<p>Where did that come from? Call me paranoid, but it feels like this term came out of an orchestrated propaganda campaign to scare uptight puritan Americans from the Evils of the Internet, similar to the propaganda movies we can see about marijuana in the sixties.[1]<p><pre><code>    > The court also heard that a search of Mr Marques's computer revealed he had made inquires about how to get a visa and entry into Russia.
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And it's valid to consider this suspicious? I've queried how to get entry into Russia before, I hope that didn't trigger any kind of alarm.<p>[1]: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bm2koyUqmU" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bm2koyUqmU</a>