Devil's advocate here... but do we know the details of the child porn bust? I mean - was it toddlers, 8 year olds, or girls who were 17 1/2? Not defending any of it, but obviously 17.5 years old is still considered "child porn" and 18 is legal.
So, yeah... FBI running this sting operation means someone in the FBI probably planted the websites to track it all.. and someone in the FBI had to posess the content to begin with... quite the rabbit hole.
The consent age in Portugal is 14. In fact, mostly everywhere in the developed world it's between 14 and 16. It's really only in (some states of) the US, Middle East and Africa that it's 18: http://i.imgur.com/ILvlBZb.png
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r3dtr1x ago
Devil's advocate here... but do we know the details of the child porn bust? I mean - was it toddlers, 8 year olds, or girls who were 17 1/2? Not defending any of it, but obviously 17.5 years old is still considered "child porn" and 18 is legal.
So, yeah... FBI running this sting operation means someone in the FBI probably planted the websites to track it all.. and someone in the FBI had to posess the content to begin with... quite the rabbit hole.
wisdomtooth ago
The consent age in Portugal is 14. In fact, mostly everywhere in the developed world it's between 14 and 16. It's really only in (some states of) the US, Middle East and Africa that it's 18: http://i.imgur.com/ILvlBZb.png