well known for, Perverted-Justice founder Xavier Von Erck announced that the organization will be suspending all active operations with the conclusion of the Stephen Deck case. In mid-December 2018, Deck was convicted again after having a previous conviction overturned in appellate court, thus marking the conclusion of the final case-related activity for Perverted-Justice. In 2019, Perverted-Justice ended all active operations and announced that their official website will be effectively transitioned from active status to a summary based format of past operations and history as of April or May 2019. During the final few years, Perverted-Justice had dozens of researchers from colleges and projects across the western world asking for permission to use data from the website, and maintains that they have always given permission to use chat logs on the website for research related activities. The organization has several thousand chat conversations archived that never saw the light of day because the targets never rose to a level of prosecution. Perverted-Justice's last stated goal is to compile these chat logs, as well as extensive information compiled over the years of operation in a dataset that will be available for research purposes. According to the official website, Perverted-Justice contributed to at least 623 convictions, while stating that the actual number is likely closer to 650. Perverted-Justice stated that changing internet platforms, specifically Twitter and social networking in general, contributed to the organization's decision to cease operations - citing that internet predators are no longer confined to mostly a few deep wells as they were when the organization started up. The organization pointed to the fact that internet access for younger generations is ubiquitous, connecting online victims at an earlier age each year with technology that far exceeds the power of personal computers used when starting the website long ago. Because of the changing social media landscape, their previously effective methods of patrolling chat rooms had been rendered ineffective. The site points to the fact that law enforcement officials are far more open to talking to citizens with information than they were back when the organization started. Perverted-Justice stated that it will be up to future generations to figure out the best way to efficiently get internet predators arrested, and to figure out the best way to use newer technologies to fake being underage convincingly. See also Internet vigilantism Creep Catcher References External links Official Website of Perverted Justice Foundation, Inc. Perverted