The hashtags # megalinks and # megadump are littered with tweets from otherwise empty accounts offering or soliciting illegal material. On Twitter, pedophiles seeking to exchange child pornography and other child sex exploitation images are utilizing secret hashtags to signal their presence and interest to each other. While many believe the distribution of these illicit materials is relegated to the seedy underbelly of the internet, this belief is far from true. Statement: All accounts found to have or be soliciting child sex exploitation material during the course of this investigation were immediately reported to Twitter.Ī new investigation by The Post Millennial reveals that the distribution of child pornography is happening in plain sight.
