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Re:YouTube bans comments on all videos of children by ceejayoz on Thursday February 28, 2019 @03:45PM (#19275008)
"A random person on the internet is posting creepy comments" is likely not probable cause, especially as you'd have to convince someone national like the FBI to care without a specific location.

"Someone I know personally is posting creepy comments, and I've always gotten a bad vibe about their interactions with kids" is probably enough to get local cops interested enough to knock on a door.

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Re:YouTube bans comments on all videos of children by jjjensen90 on Thursday February 28, 2019 @04:32PM (#19275434)
I hope not. Unless there is evidence of a crime that has occurred or evidence that a crime is planned, they have no business (constitutionally) bothering a citizen based on that kind of tip. This is how lives are ruined when there are no victims.
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