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VG exposed the largest child sexual abuse forum. It was run by the police.

VG (Verdens Gang), October 7, 2017. The Childs Play timeline used to separate it from Playpen: Childs Play appeared in April 2016, more than a year after Playpen was closed in February 2015, and was run covertly by Task Force Argos as Operation Artemis - so it is not a Playpen successor..

Source type
News report
Published
October 7, 2017
Research grade
S1
Used in entries
1

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Publisher
VG (Verdens Gang)
Published
October 7, 2017
Source type
News report
Research grade
Source grade S1
Language
English
Official record
Not an official publication
Address
https://www.vg.no/spesial/2017/undercover-darkweb/?lang=en
What it supports
The Childs Play timeline used to separate it from Playpen: Childs Play appeared in April 2016, more than a year after Playpen was closed in February 2015, and was run covertly by Task Force Argos as Operation Artemis - so it is not a Playpen successor.
Dataset id
src_vg_undercover_darkweb_2017

Research notes

  • By Håkon F. Høydal, Einar Otto Stangvik and Natalie Remøe Hansen. The page states 'Published: October 7th, 2017'.
  • English-language edition of VG's special report (?lang=en); the Norwegian original sits at the same path without the parameter.
  • Used here as negative evidence for res_playpen_none - it documents a separate, later forum, not a relaunch of Playpen.

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