Justice Dept. shuts down dark child abuse websites that had 120,000 members and millions of files

When FBI agents arrested William Spearman in November 2022, he was identified as a key figure in a vast dark web child exploitation network, eventually leading to his life sentence after a guilty plea. The ongoing Operation Grayskull has resulted in at least 18 convictions, shuttering multiple dark web sites and highlighting the pervasive issue of child abuse material online.

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