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https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64618791
Wow. Even a video of the aforementioned harassment, and the article overall repeatedly focuses on his name and a large picture of his face while strongly implying that having run a website makes him to blame for the sexual abuse of a child, an event the article spends a lot of time describing. Zero respect for this kind of "journalism".
Seriously. I thought the BBC was better than this. They spent thousands of dollars to fly "journalists" (more like paparazzi, in this case) to his home to harass him, and shout incredibly biased and judgmental questions at him through his closed front door. "Why won't you protect children?" (or something similar; I wasn't taking notes.)
Ridiculous.