Google’s putting up search result takedown, the US is moving toward criminalisation, and John Oliver calls culprits “malevolent gods”.
Tag Archives: revenge porn
IC3 urges social media users to beware: scams and fraud are surging
12% of the 269,422 complaints received in 2014 had a social media aspect, be it doxing, clickjacking or pharming. Here’s how to stay safe. 
Facebook clarifies what you can and cannot post on the site
Facebook has issued detailed new guidance on what it counts as “unacceptable content”, such as some nudity, hate speech and graphic videos.
Twitter threatens revenge porn posters with account locking and suspension
Twitter says it will lock accounts of users who post intimate content without subjects’ permission, until the offending material’s deleted, and might suspend accounts if the intent is harassment.
Craig Brittain asks Google to remove links relating to his revenge porn antics
The guy who ignored women’s pleas to take down nude images from his IsAnybodyDown site wants to have his own photos and information expunged from Google.
Revenge-porn king Hunter Moore pleads guilty to identity theft, hacking
Congratulations to the hundreds of victims and to Charlotte Laws: the extremely tenacious mother of one victim who wouldn’t back down.
‘Revenge porn’ to be made illegal in England and Wales
England and Wales today amended the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill to make revenge porn an offence punishable by up to two years in prison.
Revenge-porn website operator Kevin Bollaert guilty of identity theft and extortion
Kevin Bollaert was behind ugotposted.com and its companion extortion site, which would take down frantic victims’ photos (for a tidy sum, of course).
IsAnybodyDown’s Craig Brittain banned from the ‘revenge porn’ business
The operator of a ‘revenge porn’ website got away with a slapped wrist after publishing nude photos of over 1,000 women online.
Man jailed after posting ex’s topless photos to her employer’s Facebook page
Not just anywhere on Facebook, mind you: hiding behind a pseudonym, the man posted the photos to his ex’s employer’s page, and urged them to fire her. His one-year sentence comes from the first conviction under the revenge porn law California passed in October 2013. 