Contrary to liberal spin, the Meese commission was not initially aimed at pornography in general, but primarily human trafficking. Throughout the early and mid eighties the Meese Commission coordinated several huge international busts of pedophile rings operating through computer bulletin boards.
As these cases became public, the sheer numbers of victims made the long held societal belief that child rape was rare and only happened to girls when it did occur untenable.
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