Child exploitation platform takedowns

Actions against platforms distributing child sexual abuse material.

Records 6 2015 to 2026

Infrastructure 4 Items recorded as acted on

People named 4 Distinct people in these records

Sources 9 Cited across the category

What this category covers

The enforcement record only: what was seized, when, by which authorities, and what charges followed. Nothing here describes or links to the material itself.

Every entry below is an action that was carried out, not an announcement of intent. The counting rules and the inclusion definition apply to this category exactly as they apply to the rest of the index.

What the record does not settle

1 of 6 records have a documented successor. Silence in the other rows is not evidence that a service stayed down.
Reported figures come from the acting authorities. Named figures come from people recorded individually here. The two are never added together.

Chronology

Date	Takedown	Target	Led by	Jurisdictions
Feb 20, 2015	Operation Pacifier / Playpen	Playpen	FBI	Not established
Jul 29, 2015	Operation Babylon	Unnamed Tor CSAM/illicit-market hidden service	Polizia Postale	Not established
Mar 5, 2018	Welcome to Video seizure	Welcome to Video	IRS-CI and HSI	International
May 3, 2021	Boystown CSAM platform takedown	Boystown and associated Tor chat services	BKA	Not established
Mar 10, 2025	Operation Stream / Kidflix	Kidflix	BKA	Not established
Jun 12, 2026	CFAKE.com and SOCFAKE.com seizure	CFAKE.com and SOCFAKE.com	HSI	Not established

Who leads these actions

BKA 2 records
HSI 2 records
FBI 1 record
IRS-CI 1 record
Polizia Postale 1 record

Where they were carried out

United Arab Emirates 1 record
Canada 1 record
Czechia 1 record
Germany 1 record
Spain 1 record
United Kingdom 1 record
Ireland 1 record
South Korea 1 record

A takedown is counted once for every country named in its geographic scope, so these figures sum to more than 6.

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