CRIME REPORT: Memphis man arrested on child pornography charges

Memphis police have arrested a 33-year-old man after a sting led to the discovery of hundreds of images of child pornography on his computer.

As police departments become more tech savvy and with Google joining the fight, child predators are running out of places to hide on the internet.  We have seen a rise in sting operations aimed at child predators over the past few years, and law enforcement is making great strides to combat these felons.  It is argued that Google has the most sophisticated internet technology in the world, and they are using their might to deal a devastating blow to the scourge of child pornography.

Google recently infused $5 million dollars into the fight against child pornography.  They are creating a database of child porn image hashes that can be used to match against new images as they found.  The images are not visible in a human understandable form.  An algorithm is used to create a hash for the image that can be used to compare against other images and alert on matches.  In most cases this will be used against those involved in the media trade, but it can also be used to track down the original offender and creator of the media.