said by Jodokast96:said by danclan:The "officers" could have very easily submitted letters to the posters ISP to investigate as well as submitted a take down request which would have propagated across the net and removed the "offending" image...
You are right there, they could have. But that's not what they were looking into. They were looking into complaints of Verizon not removing the content (or blocking it), when they said they would. They made themselves liable. That's why all they were looking at fighting were deceptive business practice charges, and not distribution, possesion, or anything else dealing with the kiddie porn.
no you are incorrect on all levels.