Sections of online ‘DarkNet’ close following child porn suspect’s arrest

A section of the internet’s “DarkNet” — believed to have huge levels of child pornography and other illegal activity among its content — has shut down just days after the FBI requested an alleged child pornographer be extradited from Ireland.

The sites run by Freedom Hosting on the Tor network routed users’ web-browsing queries through a series of servers that meant they were untraceable.

Freedom Hosting has been accused of being a major hub, not just for one of the largest collections of child pornography on the network, but also for a drugs distribution network.