GettyThe FBI has adopted a new tactic in the war on child pornography: taking over suspects’ online identities to infiltrate private groups sharing disturbing illegal content. It raises new questions about how federal agents tackle online investigations into child abuse but also how major social networks are being exploited by predators. In doing so, the agents let child abuse material spread for months after they had identified it. It's unclear if that agent continued to operate the groups of the suspect and further spread child pornography. In two previous public cases, both looking into child abuse material crimes, police presented suspects with “consent to assume online identity” forms.

Source: Forbes March 06, 2019 15:31 UTC