Google Helps In Child Porn Bust In United States

Former Batesburg-Leesville High teacher indicted in internet bust from WISTV.com reports a high-school teacher was indicted for distributing and soliciting child pornography on Google-owned Hello.com. Hello.com is a site that allows users to chat in real-time while exchanging photos.

Timothy Lynn Brumit, a 47-year old high school teacher in Batesburg-Leesville, allegedly used Hello.com to send over 500 files containing graphic images and movies of child pornography. On the other side was an undercover cop. Brumit allegedly tried to convince the fictitious boy (really the cop) to buy a web cam and to live with him. A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment Thursday in a US District Court in Alexandria.

It appears that Google has been very helpful in this case, providing the necessary information to law enforcement. However, Google’s Orkut system, specifically in Brazil, was not so forthcoming with information on users who used the system for illegal activity. For more on that, start at this post and click through the links for past coverage.

Hat tip to Search Engine Watch.