Hi all. Im pretty stressed right now.
Last night (Jan 11 late night till Jan 12 noon), I was browsing through online porn (no laughs), and made 2 purchases (of artist illustrations). I opened them later on and discovered that I'd unintentionally stumbled upon child pornography. I immediately deleted all files and zips from my device, and even went as far as to deactivate my account on the website i'd used to purchase them (it was by no means a “shady dark web off-the-grid” site).
I'd like to report it, but whats deterring me from doing so is the fact that I used my credit card for the purchase, and since i hear that even possession of child pornography is punishable by 10 years + the infamous “child molester” title regardless of intent, if law enforcement decides to look into who purchased from said content creator, my name and bank account would be on the list. At this point I dont care about the 50 bucks i'd wasted, I just dont want even a slight chance of this coming up and destroying me in the future (only 18 right now). It seems the only way to do so is to be the one who actively reports it, but that puts me in the line of fire at the same time... am I fked? what should i do?
- Anon
