
@just asking
"...But is it really beyond the skills of internet experts to actually just close down the offending sites on these lists?"
As I understand it, it is not this easy as laws are different from country to country. you could not have, say, China, pulling the plug on offending sites that are perfectly legal in the host country (or probably most other countries)
I'm not talking necessarily about kiddy p*rn but it still applies -- what is the age of consent in one country could be underage in another.