EXCLUSIVE: Our investigation reveals the website that the FBI took down in a November 7 raid, arresting site administrator Thomas Arthur. It's the text-only erotic fiction archive MrDouble dot com, that dates back to 1996. This is the first prosecution of its kind since 2008. 1/5 
The website was labelled "Adults only, minors not allowed," and stories carried individual content warnings in the header. In other words, it was very similar to other popular erotic story archives. Why was this site raided and not others? Probably because it was commercial. 2/5
Here is a thread reporting on the raid, including footage of the apparent use of explosives or teargas against the website owner. As far as we know, no real children were harmed by the defendant. ? 3/5
The last time an American was prosecuted for obscenity over purely written stories was in 2008, when a 56 year old woman was charged over a subscription-based website that had only 29 subscribers. She pleaded guilty. old.post-gazette.com/pg/08220/90255… 4/5
Will Arthur also plead guilty? If not, this could be a First Amendment test case. His preliminary detention hearing is scheduled for November 20 and according to reports he does not have legal representation and law enforcement are not saying where he is being held. 5/5
