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).

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.


The staff

 

[Joom]

if any of my kids grew up to be peado's i would take them to the police myself ...

It's not illegal unless they act upon it, but you didn't answer my question.

 

[smf]

if any of my kids grew up to be peado's i would take them to the police myself ...

Why? It's not illegal. Or are you getting confused between thinking and doing?

Also. Children sexting each other is illegal, but they aren't classed as pedophiles.

 

[SuperDan]

It's not illegal unless they act upon it, but you didn't answer my question.

Well I did give you a answer.. Look I think all pedophiles should be tortured to death its that simple... They are sick nasty scumbags.. Child rapist? Of course they have mental issues.. It's madness at its worst...

 

[mikagami]

Wasted potential. He's a really talented developer! I appreciate all the work that he did for the 3DS scene.

 

[chrisrlink]

to be clear i wasn't sympathizing i'm just saying we are treating pedophelia more as a crime then a mental illness think about it if the person doesn't get help will they truly learn? no more often than not they'll be repeat offenders without treatment like any other MI they need help and Prison just makes things worse (what do you think happens when the offender gets raped in prison by bubba? they will get sicker and probably go after the same sex prison is just a way in most cases to sweep it under a rug or purely make examples of people (if that really worked,we wouldn't have more criminals would we?)

 

[DuoForce]

Welcome to GBATemp!

 

[Dionicio3]

I dont know if this has been answered before but did mods/admins read his conversations?

Why would mods read his PMs?

 

[Joe88]

Why would mods read his PMs?

to see if he was distributing illicit content through here or links to his site
but costello said he didn't (at least before the op was edited)

 

[Costello]

the community has spoken, the vote is over.

we aren't locking the thread and we are leaving it right here.

 

[Dionicio3]

the community has spoken, the vote is over.

we aren't locking the thread and we are leaving it right here.

If this thread heavily de-rails, will it be locked? Or will it just stay as is forever?

 

[Kioku]

the community has spoken, the vote is over.

we aren't locking the thread and we are leaving it right here.

Well, then is there any way to hide it?

 

[Dionicio3]

Well, then is there any way to hide it?

Why do you need to hide it? Just don't click it.

 

[NightScript]

Nobody wakes up one morning and decides sexual preferences or fetishes. How dense are you? I seriously recommend you read up on John Money's "lovemap" theory, as there many psychological factors in play. (Inb4 some child comes along to accuse me of defending the act of pedophilia because half this thread obviously knows how this shit works...)

I thought he was talking about TheCruel 18+ thingy, which is why I posted that. People have the decision to post NSFW or not. That's what I mean't. Sorry if I confused you.

Also, not need to sound like an asshole saying "How dense are you?". Because since the first day that you looked at my name, you thought I was a troll, because I used a Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet for taking a fucking screenshot.... Besides, that statement coming from you is hypocritical...

 

[Costello]

If this thread heavily de-rails, will it be locked? Or will it just stay as is forever?

if anyone deliberately attempts to derail the thread they will get a suspension

 

[proflayton123]

:o wow

 

[Kioku]

Why do you need to hide it? Just don't click it.

Just looking at it in the recents is cringe worthy. Oh well.

 

[Vengenceonu]

if anyone deliberately attempts to derail the thread they will get a suspension

Don't know if it's been asked but I have a couple questions. Hypothetically in the future of something similar happened:

1) If law enforcement did request you provide them with information (where they be domestic or international), would you provide it?
2) I bet you wish GW thread derailments were still your biggest annoyance?

 

[Costello]

Don't know if it's been asked but I have a couple questions. Hypothetically in the future of something similar happened:

1) If law enforcement did request you provide them with information (where they be domestic or international), would you provide it?
2) I bet you wish GW thread derailments were still your biggest annoyance?

1) we would HAVE to provide it. It's called law enforcement for a reason. Are you asking us to break the law? I hope not
2) so far this thread has remained more or less civil, which goes to show the community can behave when it comes to serious matters

 

[filfat]

What the actual fuck..

 

[:-infern:]

If its guilty as proven then good riddance. If not, then this is quite the storm.

However I'm assuming they'll ask for GBATemp information, of which depending on where this site remains, they'll have to provide.