“That they were prevented from answering real “ads” or other come ons and making it profitable for pimps to enslave women and children for that purpose, is fine with me.”
That’s prediction or “precrime” Giving someone a test to try and predict what would have happened. Maybe some are monsters. Maybe some would have walked away or not had talked to anyone at all had the police ad with that particular picture not existed.
That is legally and morally dubious in a free society. And only will get worse with technology...
What if police start scanning peoples minds, entrap them while they dream and determine they are prone to be criminals? Based on some fantasy they create to test people.
Some of these fake profiles were posted om dating sites. Sometimes they take snippets and post as banners on various other sites. Especially of attractive women. I’ve seen dating profiles on bloody air conditioning sites!
Wrong! Many of them solicited sex from minors. The fact that they missed and got a police officer instead of an actual minor is beside the point.