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[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 160 points 2 days ago (47 children)

Does it feel odd to anyone else that a platform for something this universally condemned in any jurisdiction can operate for 4 years, with a catchy name clearly thought up by a marketing person, its own payment system and nearly six figure number of videos? I mean even if we assume that some of those 4 years were intentional to allow law enforcement to catch as many perpetrators as possible this feels too similar to fully legal operations in scope.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 105 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Illegal business can operate online for a long time if they have good OpSec. Anonymous payment systems are much easier these days because of cryptocurrencies.

[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is that why Trump is so for them?

Yeah, more or less

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