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Perspective

Aug. 15, 2014

Blame the messager, not the messenger

A line cook at a family restaurant in Houston was arrested on child pornography charges last week. The Internet collectively rejoiced, right? Well, not exactly. By Ryan Nier


By Ryan Nier


A line cook at a family restaurant in Houston was arrested on child pornography charges last week. Police seized his hard drive, located the offending images, and took registered sex offender John Henry Skillern - and his computer - off the streets. The Internet collectively rejoiced, right?


Well, not exactly.


It turns out that the authorities obtained a warrant based on a tip from Google. The Internet giant detected offen...

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