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Re:Dark web agent spotted bedroom wall clue to rescue girl f... by 88379937 on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @12:41AM (#47044100)
> Would you want her charged if she didn't even know?

Yes? There are laws against child endangerment for a reason, and giving someone unrestricted accsss to your child without performing a basic background check very much falls into that territory.

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Re:Dark web agent spotted bedroom wall clue to rescue girl f... by thaumasiotes on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @06:11AM (#47046164)
> There are laws against child endangerment for a reason

What do you think the reason is? The deterrence value is zero.

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Re:Dark web agent spotted bedroom wall clue to rescue girl f... by alwa on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @04:58PM (#47054013)
I dunno. The skeeziest people I know would show up squeaky clean on paper, and several of the ones I trust the most have some kind of shit in their past, at least on paper.
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