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Former GBAtemp member and suspected pedophile gets 20 year sentence

A former member of the community, not extremely active on GBAtemp but known for contributions to several projects on the 3DS hacking scene, Thomas Edvalson aka 'Cruel', has recently received a 20 year jail sentence for supposedly hosting a child porn site (although he firmly denied it).
gwinnettdailypost.com said:
Thomas Scot Edvalson, 28, appeared to be providing a website where other users could download images of child porn, according to a press release form the District Attorney’s Office. The site came complete with an online guide detailing how to use the dark web to set up a website for trading pictures of child sexual abuse.
Source: Gwinnett Daily Post
A thread was started on GBAtemp to discuss the issue a couple of months ago, before the final judgement was rendered. At the time our decision was to lock the thread up as it began to heavily derail. Some members and visitors took this as a 'cover up' and wondered why we didn't ban this guy's user account on GBAtemp.

We had long discussions in the staff forum and decided to wait for the final verdict (the appeal that is) before doing anything, thereby letting justice do its work. We banned this person from our forums immediately after we heard the final judgement and by the looks of it he won't be around again for a while. Since then, there hasn't been any new threads about the story but if there had been one, we would have allowed it for sure.

At this point we are wondering why anyone would think we are 'covering' this up? Why would we even need to? It's not like people don't know what happened already. If you have any questions, feel free to ask in this thread.

Furthermore, there is an ongoing story concerning another person, it's been posted on a Reddit thread (edit: now removed, but you can see screenshots here) and, again, we certainly won't prevent you from discussing it wherever you want just as long as you stay civil.

We at GBAtemp value freedom of speech above all, but within the boundaries of the law. If you think someone is guilty of a crime it is your duty to report it to the relevant authorities (not the GBAtemp admins, I mean the police). But otherwise let justice do its job. We do not believe that witch hunts have their place on GBAtemp.

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to anticipate any questions:
- Cruel did not post any child porn on the forums
- he did not exchange any child porn via PM nor make any appropriate attempts to contact anyone
- no evidence was found that he did anything illegal in relation with GBAtemp
- we were not asked by the police or by any authority to provide any kind of information
- he has not used his account since March 3rd which is 2 weeks before the trial

Anything else you wanna know just ask. We have absolutely nothing to hide or to cover. I decided to post this thread as soon as I heard someone was accusing us to 'cover' the story, that is downright ridiculous.
Can you do people viewing this post a favor and link this https://imgur.com/gallery/un69v image next to the Reddit thread for people who want to view the now removed thread? Thanks. Also, could you clarify what happened with Dazazzo with regards to GBAtemp in this post as well? Thanks.
 
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Ew...this is disgusting.

>>>A preview of the suspect's computer "revealed tens of thousands of images of child pornography," police said in a report. Edvalson's computers were seized.<<<

That isn't his 'GoDaddy' servers where he hosted how a how-to guide for setting up CP sites this was his home PC.

Might give him the benefit of the doubt on if his server was hacked but having tens of thousands of CP pics on your home PC means you are a sick fuc*.

20 years sounds about right.
 
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And people here are still defending these baby rapers in plain sight for all to read, I hope the police are making a list of all of you that are strait up defending him and think there is no problem.
 

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There is no such thing as an innocent pedophile. You are part of the problem.
No
First I am not a pedophile, one of my best friend is
Second if someone is a pedophile, he didn't choosed to so you can't balme him for that, you don't choose your sexual attraction, and even if you consider it as a mental disorder, then they should be helped before they do something bad, not persecuted

pedophile != rapist
By definition a pedophile is just someone attracted by child

and as long as they don't commit any crime they shouldn't be jailed but helped instead
the vast majority of pedophiles are inocent and live their whole life abstaining themselves but the only time you hear about one, it is because he comited a crime
 
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No
First I am not a pedophile, one of my best friend is
Second if someone is a pedophile, he didn't choosed to so you can't balme him for that, you don't choose your sexual attraction, and even if you consider it as a mental disorder, then they should be helped before they do something bad, not persecuted

pedophile != rapist
By definition a pedophile is just someone attracted by child

and as long as they don't commit any crime they shouldn't be jailed but helped instead
the vast majority of pedophiles are inocent but the only time you hear about one, it is because he comited a crime
That is your partial opinion based on a case, you can't even bet your life to your own friend telling you ALL the truth. Usually people that comit those crimes does not confess them to their friends or family. You build a case and make statements solely on your personal opinion where the reality yells at you it's otherwise.
 

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First I am not a pedophile, one of my best friend is
Second if someone is a pedophile, he didn't choosed to so you can't balme him for that, you don't choose your sexual attraction, and even if you consider it as a mental disorder, then they should be helped before they do something bad, not persecuted
Um, you do realise, that people have brains for a reason, right? They can make their own desicion....

So your arguement is invalid...
 
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That is your partial opinion based on a case, you can't even bet your life to your own friend telling you ALL the truth. Usually people that comit those crimes does not confess them to their friends or family. You build a case and make statements solely on your personal opinion where the reality yells at you it's otherwise.
No the reality support my point
you hear about them only when they commit a crime
but their are far more pedophile than child rapist
which only mean that the vast majority or at least a good portion of them don't commit crimes

No they didn't choose to be pedophiles as much as you don't choose to be heterosexual or gay so you can't blame them for that
BUT if they do commit a crime they should be in jail
But they should be jailed just for their sexual attraction which they didn't choose
 

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No the reality support my point
you hear about them only when they commit a crime
but their are far more pedophile than child rapist
which only mean that the vast majority or at least a good portion of them don't commit crimes


No they didn't choose to be pedophiles as much as you don't choose to be heterosexual or gay so you can't blame them for that
BUT if they do commit a crime they should be in jail
But they should be jailed just for their sexual attraction which they didn't choose

I'll just quickly correct your point... You hear about them when THEY GET CAUGHT. You assume every child molester is caught in a moment of his life and the reality is totally the opposite. Many cases can develop for years and the subjects NEVER beign investigated by any authority, so your point is totally silly. So, will you trust your child to your beloved friend?

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No the reality support my point
you hear about them only when they commit a crime
but their are far more pedophile than child rapist
which only mean that the vast majority or at least a good portion of them don't commit crimes


No they didn't choose to be pedophiles as much as you don't choose to be heterosexual or gay so you can't blame them for that
BUT if they do commit a crime they should be in jail
But they should be jailed just for their sexual attraction which they didn't choose
And for last damn time. You don't blame for their twisted idea of sexuality, you blame them for the damage they do to other people, molesting kids or promoting said activity by consuming child pornography.
 
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No the reality support my point
you hear about them only when they commit a crime
but their are far more pedophile than child rapist
which only mean that the vast majority or at least a good portion of them don't commit crimes


No they didn't choose to be pedophiles as much as you don't choose to be heterosexual or gay so you can't blame them for that
BUT if they do commit a crime they should be in jail
But they should be jailed just for their sexual attraction which they didn't choose
Why does it say that you quoted my post? Did you mean to quote me?
 

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I'll just quickly correct your point... You hear about them when THEY GET CAUGHT. You assume every child molester is caught in a moment of his life and the reality is totally the opposite. Many cases can develop for years and the subjects NEVER beign investigated by any authority, so your point is totally silly. So, will you trust your child to your beloved friend?
I know that but that don't mean either that every pedophiles are child molesters, in fact most of them are not and just don't tell it to avoid being persecuted
But i think they should be helped before risking to commit a crime

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Why does it say that you quoted my post? Did you mean to quote me?
Yes but you removed a part of the quote flags so the quote isn't showed even if you get the notifcation
 

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Can you do people viewing this post a favor and link this https://imgur.com/gallery/un69v image next to the Reddit thread for people who want to view the now removed thread? Thanks. Also, could you clarify what happened with Dazazzo with regards to GBAtemp in this post as well? Thanks.
To be honest that damn thread shouldn't have even existed. It should have just died with the Freeshop thread, but alas it was made because some person claimed this was a "cover up" on something completely unrelated.
Anyway, as for the reddit thread, it really had no place on /r/3dshacks, even if it was made with good intentions. (I really didn't want to downvote almost post, but that's what I ended up doing.)

Cruel is one thing, but Dazzozo is another. They shoudn't have been connected.

The Shack Staff made an official statement was made with the reason why it was removed:
"While the intent of this thread was good, the manner in which it was executed was incredibly poor, leading to witch hunting, brigading, and overall doing more harm than good." Source

Plailect took it to himself and abused the reputation he recieved as being the bible writer, effectively getting everyone to upvote his message to give the impression that it was a very importent PSA. It wasn't. We never needed it.

He even stated himself:
"...intended on leaving the country in order to have sexual relations with this minor... When confronted, Dazzozo made no attempt to deny this behavior; instead, he stated that he was unaware that the sex tourism laws applied"
And that's it. Nothing else happened. Nothing at all. No contact. No meeting. No nothing.

Now, I do not have these "explicit conversation logs", so I cannot confirm if Daz intended to have sexual relations or not.

"and all information has been turned over to the relevant authorities."
Good. It should have stayed like that. Nothing else needed to be done, but Plailect decided to make the thread anyway. Good job, you did more harm than good.

Anyway, why should everything Plailect said be taken at face value? He even stated himself that he is a minor. "I am also a minor. It is because of this that I am especially dedicated to protect those of this scene that cannot protect themselves."
 
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I know that but that don't mean either that every pedophiles are child molesters, in fact most of them are not and just don't tell it to avoid being persecuted
But i think they should be helped before risking to commit a crime

No, it does not mean ALL of them do but you lack any evidence stating "most of them are not".
 
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No, it does not mean ALL of them do but you lack any evidence stating "most of them are not".
Yeah right
first of all you realize that they are humans being so they know their action could traumatize someone life

The problem here is that many pedophile would like to confess to a psycholog but they don't because by doing so they risk prison

plus if you look in the statistics 90% of child rapist arent actually pedophiles but just rapist
 

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Yeah right
first of all you realize that they are humans being so they know their action could traumatize someone life

The problem here is that many pedophile would like to confess to a psycholog but they don't because by doing so they risk prison

plus if you look in the statistics 90% of child rapist arent actually pedophiles but just rapist

Well, it seems like you're more wrong that you think, take in account you're talking with a physician... First, in most countries mental health care professionals like psychologists and psychiatrist are under the phyisican/professional-patient secret policy, so said professional would be punished for releasing sensitive information of a patient when said patiend IS NOT under investigation for a crime (so if the petient never admited a rape the professional cannot release any information). Clinically and psychologically a rape it an act of power and domination, that's why common rapist tend to overpower their victims and then raping them, unlike child rapes where usually it fulfills the rapist sexual urges using the inocence of the child and the power position of the adult, so your statement is totally false, can you please make me know where did you get those percentajes. The reality is (and maybe you became confused at this point) 90% of child rapes are performed by close relatives.
 
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And people here are still defending these baby rapers in plain sight for all to read, I hope the police are making a list of all of you that are strait up defending him and think there is no problem.
Point me at where you think those posts are.

I am seeing a bunch of people say "unless you actually hurt someone, or have solid plans to" (and possession of a video is considered as such as harm would have been done to make it) then do consider getting help and try to live your life as well as you can. You know, what the law, principles in law making and those of most ethics actually say. Pending something showing that the conversion rate is so high as to warrant some kind of intervention (and given I don't know of anywhere with an active screening program for positions involving at risk individuals, just places with legal history lookups the law would seem to indicate that is how it thinks too) then I am not sure how one can really advocate for such interventions, at least other than from a purely emotional place.
There have been some serious misunderstandings about the nature/definition of fetishes, sexualities, paraphilias, mental disorders and laws concerned (curiously I am seeing some say CGI is OK where that is against the law in many locations, though on the basis of harm done that is not an untenable platform), seen as not everybody is versed in law and such that is not unexpected and discussion and corrections do seem to come. Also the specifics of this case seem to be scarcely discussed despite the cases apparently being linked earlier.
I can see most deleted posts and histories and there is not even anything there either.

The kid fucking bit, nobody is saying that is OK. I can safely say that shit would not fly either.

The worst I am seeing is some seemingly advocating for some kind of thoughtcrime.
 

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Well, it seems like you're more wrong that you think, take in account you're talking with a physician... First, in most countries mental health care professionals like psychologists and psychiatrist are under the phyisican/professional-patient secret policy, so said professional would be punished for releasing sensitive information of a patient when said patiend IS NOT under investigation for a crime (so if the petient never admited a rape the professional cannot release any information). Clinically and psychologically a rape it an act of power and domination, that's why common rapist tend to overpower their victims and then raping them, unlike child rapes where usually it fulfills the rapist sexual urges using the inocence of the child and the power position of the adult, so your statement is totally false, can you please make me know where did you get those percentajes. The reality is (and maybe you became confused at this point) 90% of child rapes are performed by close relatives.
Well even if you are a physician, it add no value to your argument
if you were a philosoph then maybe, but even in this subject, when we are abording law, a subject should not be judged if he didn't choosed in a councious mind something exept if he represent a treat to the civilisation
so a "low risk" pedophile shouldn't be judged but one who commited a crime or is in a state of mind that make him very likely to do so, should be put in jail

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Point me at where you think those posts are.

I am seeing a bunch of people say "unless you actually hurt someone, or have solid plans to" (and possession of a video is considered as such as harm would have been done to make it) then do consider getting help and try to live your life as well as you can. You know, what the law, principles in law making and those of most ethics actually say. Pending something showing that the conversion rate is so high as to warrant some kind of intervention (and given I don't know of anywhere with an active screening program for positions involving at risk individuals, just places with legal history lookups the law would seem to indicate that is how it thinks too) then I am not sure how one can really advocate for such interventions, at least other than from a purely emotional place.
There have been some serious misunderstandings about the nature/definition of fetishes, sexualities, paraphilias, mental disorders and laws concerned (curiously I am seeing some say CGI is OK where that is against the law in many locations, though on the basis of harm done that is not an untenable platform), seen as not everybody is versed in law and such that is not unexpected and discussion and corrections do seem to come. Also the specifics of this case seem to be scarcely discussed despite the cases apparently being linked earlier.
I can see most deleted posts and histories and there is not even anything there either.

The kid fucking bit, nobody is saying that is OK. I can safely say that shit would not fly either.

The worst I am seeing is some seemingly advocating for some kind of thoughtcrime.
Well i think it is better that a pedophile watch cgi or hentai to lower his pulsion rather than actually rape someone or commit child abuse
but if he watch IRL child porn, then he is guilty since it did harm a real person
 
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