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Man Found Guilty of Child Porn, Because He Ran a Tor Exit Node (The Story of William Weber) - LowEndBox (lowendbox.com)
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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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[–] aksdb@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't say "competent", I said "extremely good". We have hundreds of thousands of competent lawyers. But the rich can typically afford to get the absolute best there are, not "just" competent. But over-the-top competent. Lawyers who don't just handle this case as one of many, but who put private investigators and what-not on their pay roll to get everything they need to do the absolute best for their client. Who have, on top of their experience and resources also lots of connections.

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

Your description of "extremely good" boils down to "extremely well-funded".

If you actually think that the most expensive lawyers and firms get results because they are just so "extremely good", you've probably bought into another capitalist lie of meritocracy. This just sounds like you fantasising again about a world that would make you right if it existed, but it doesn't.