Never report porn

The UK BBC reports:

A man who informed police when he found child abuse images on his computer has not been allowed to be alone with his daughter for four months.

Nigel Robinson from Hull said he called police after trying to download music but instead finding pornographic images on his laptop last November.

As a result social services said he "should not have unsupervised access with his own or other children".

He said he was "totally innocent". No arrests or charges have been made. ...

The police took the laptop away for investigation and said it could be a year before it is returned, Mr Robinson said.

Humberside Police said: "We are conducting an investigation that has resulted in the confiscation of a laptop in order for the relevant enquiries to take place - standard procedure for this type of investigation.

I am disgusted by child porn, but I would never report it. The laws and authorities are just too crazy and irrational about it. About 99% of computers have images in the browser cache that were not deliberately downloaded. If I found child porn in my cache, I would just delete it and not tell anyone. If I were selling a computer, I would erase the cache. Technically you are supposed to report it rather than delete, but you are just asking for trouble if you do.