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Found this site linked on www.collegehumor.com Apparently, what they do is go on chat rooms pretending to be a pre-teen/teen child. They then wait for older guys(pedophiles) to message them, and they lead the guy on. If the guy tried to set up a real life meeting for sex, they proceed. They get the guy's phone number as well as whatever information the guy gives up. They then have one of the females who works on the site that sounds young call the phone number to verify that is the same person and that the person is interested in sex. If they are, they proceed with the sting. They take the information they have, and use methods to trace down more(usually tracing the phone number i think), and post the pedophile's photo, name, adress, and contact info(Phone number). The pedo is informed he is put on the site, and once he is up there the site's readers usually harass the person with multiple phone calls. They then use their detective skills to try to find out as many of the pedo's contacts as possible, employers, friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, etc. They then send them the chat log of the pedo trying to pick up the fake teen/pre-teen. It has been very effective in many cases, causing people to lose jobs, cause peoples wives to leave them, caused one person living with his parents to be kicked out of his house, etc.
People in favor of the website defend it, as only people who have tried to meet a minor for sex get posted and it is only fair to alert the pedo's community that he is there, and that it acts as a detterant against trolling for underage sex. Others claim this site just drives pedo's underground, that it does not respect due process, and that it ruins people's lives.
What do you guys think?
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