[ih] Porn on the net

[Douglas Lucas]

This 2014 blog post by Heather Marsh, "The other Battle for the
Internet," discusses the unfortunate influence of pedo groups such as
the Pedophile Information Exchange on the early Internet, their using
cryptography and so on to hide their sharing of child abuse
documentation ("child porn").
https://georgiebc.wordpress.com/2014/11/08/the-other-battle-for-the-internet/
At the time of the writing, the battle between pedos and non-pedos was
being overlooked in favor of the higher profile battle between
investigative journalists and surveillance entities like the NSA. More
context may be found here:
https://georgiebc.wordpress.com/2019/06/18/wikileaks-data-justice-and-a-new-internet/

On 2022-09-19 19:12, Bob Purvy via Internet-history wrote: 

> I'm starting my 3rd book, which will mainly cover the 90s and the dot-com
> boom, and a friend Chris told me a story that I want to use. I wonder if
> any of you have similar stories?
> 
> Chris was in an elevator in the *very* early days of the Internet (before
> widespread adoption), and this sleazy-looking guy (bad looking, open collar
> shirt, chains around his neck) got in, and told him he was going to put
> PORNOGRAPHY on the Internet!
> 
> Chris was shocked & amused. Nudes on the net! He wondered if that would
> work?
> 
> So I know Usenet had its alt.sex.* groups forever, and I remember that in
> the *very* early days, "pornography" was the one monetization case that
> everyone could agree might work. Maybe the only one. When did you first
> hear of someone doing this for money?