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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

## Bibliographic record

**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](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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## Cited by

### Later activity

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[No documented return](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-pacifier-playpen)

Relationship not established, Operation Pacifier / Playpen

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