Revenge Porn | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Tue, 06 Sep 2016 08:22:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png Revenge Porn | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 200+ sentenced since new revenge porn laws introduced https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/security-software/jon-martindale/200-sentenced-since-new-revenge-porn-laws-introduced/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/security-software/jon-martindale/200-sentenced-since-new-revenge-porn-laws-introduced/#respond Tue, 06 Sep 2016 08:22:29 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=305257 During the 2015-2016 year ending in March, a total of 206 people were prosecuted utilising new ‘revenge porn' laws introduced at the start of last year. This comes out of a Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) report, which looks at many aspects of sexual offences against men and women. A big reason for this happening at all, is …

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During the 2015-2016 year ending in March, a total of 206 people were prosecuted utilising new ‘revenge porn' laws introduced at the start of last year. This comes out of a Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) report, which looks at many aspects of sexual offences against men and women.

A big reason for this happening at all, is because of the introduction of the new legislation. Before it was enacted, going after those who released explicit images of a person without their permission was rather difficult. Copyright law could be used in the case of the victim having taken the picture themselves, but if not, finding a legal action that would stick wasn't easy.

Now though it's a crime to post sexual pictures or video without someone's consent and can even be considered an offence to share those images privately as well.

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Mass leaks like The Snappening, are still difficult to prosecute. Source: Maurizio Pesce/Flickr

This, according to the quoted analyst by the BBC, Danny Shaw, is a sign of a change in the way people view sexual crimes. What once was domestic disputes between couples, can now be considered date rape or domestic violence. What once was more of a case of ‘just don't take the pictures,' are now revenge porn laws.

The only problem we're told, is that with the CPS expanding its focus to look at these crimes more closely, resources are being stretched thin and there's a question about whether police forces can cope with the new influx of sexual crimes.

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KitGuru Says: Although the CPS is seeing success, it may be harder for it to go after those who publish images on international sites, since those entities do not necessarily fall under the right jurisdiction. Cooperation may be needed with other countries, as well as social networking services, to really clamp down on revenge porn.

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Google to take down ‘revenge porn’ images from search results https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/google-to-take-down-revenge-porn-images-from-search-results/ https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/google-to-take-down-revenge-porn-images-from-search-results/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2015 10:39:40 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=255642 Revenge porn, or the practice of putting nude or sexually suggestive images of people online without their permission, has been a problem for a number of years now. However since the celebrity nude scandal that hit last year sent up red flags of hypocrisy when they seemed to get special treatment, many organisations have taken …

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Revenge porn, or the practice of putting nude or sexually suggestive images of people online without their permission, has been a problem for a number of years now. However since the celebrity nude scandal that hit last year sent up red flags of hypocrisy when they seemed to get special treatment, many organisations have taken a harder line with it. Now Google has announced that it will take down any images from its search results of people that did not give permission for them to be uploaded.

“Our philosophy has always been that Search should reflect the whole web. But revenge porn images are intensely personal and emotionally damaging, and serve only to degrade the victims—predominantly women,” the search site said in a blog post. “So going forward, we’ll honour requests from people to remove nude or sexually explicit images shared without their consent from Google Search results.”

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Removing most of the images that show up in a search for “revenge porn,” would probably be a good start

In order to facilitate this, it will be setting up a request system in the coming weeks, whereby those who have images online that they wish weren't so easy to find, can have them removed from search results.

This is similar to a stance recently taken by Reddit, when it announced that it would remove any nude images that people requested of it. This follows on from it taking down entire subreddits during the celebrity nude leak last year.

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KitGuru Says: At least if the images are dropped from Google's image results, people will need to hunt them out a bit more. 

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Revenge porn site owner wants photos of him taken down https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/revenge-porn-site-owner-wants-photos-of-him-taken-down/ https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/revenge-porn-site-owner-wants-photos-of-him-taken-down/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:11:02 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=237722 The founder of IsAnybodyDown.com, Craig Brittain, has drawn condemnation from privacy advocates and the press in the past couple of days, as despite his website gaining notoriety back in 2012 for featuring ‘revenge porn' images of nude women without their permission, he recently used the digital millennium copyright act to try and have articles about …

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The founder of IsAnybodyDown.com, Craig Brittain, has drawn condemnation from privacy advocates and the press in the past couple of days, as despite his website gaining notoriety back in 2012 for featuring ‘revenge porn' images of nude women without their permission, he recently used the digital millennium copyright act to try and have articles about him stricken from Google, claiming that they used pictures of him without his consent.

His website, named after the similar revenge porn site, IsAnyoneUp which was founded by the more infamous Hunter Moore, has been ‘down' for a couple of years at this point. Visiting it today, just gives you a message from Brittain, where he attempts to apologise for his actions, citing them as poor decisions. Unfortunately for him, using DMCA takedowns to try and remove links to articles about yourself isn't a smart move either, since those articles are covered by fair use and freedom of press laws and will therefore likely remain online.

It's made doubly worse though by the fact that there are now articles like this one and The Telegraph's, discussing his desire to see pictures of himself removed.

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Craig back in his MySpace using days

Brittain is also attempting to have images of himself taken down far more cheaply than he once forced complainers to. If you happened to find your images on his site back in the day, he would have charged up to $500 to have them taken down.

Although in January this year Brittain was banned from sharing his collection of images that he had built up over the years, it had in reality been almost two years since his site was functional in its original capacity.

KitGuru Says: Although no one is suggesting that posting compromising images of Brittain would be right, this is a nice ironic takehome for the domain holder. It's often the case with those that show little interest in the privacy of others. Like Mark Zuckerberg claiming privacy is dead and yet purchasing a house with plenty of land between it and the street so he has more privacy. 

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Revenge porn charges could lead to 14 year jail sentences https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/revenge-porn-charges-could-lead-to-14-year-jail-sentences/ https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/revenge-porn-charges-could-lead-to-14-year-jail-sentences/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:51:08 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=215312 New guidelines from the government's Crown Prosecution Service in the UK, could see sentencing for revenge pornography, the practice of posting nude images of someone online with malicious intent, extended so that the person responsible is sent to jail for as much at 14 years – though this would be for the most serious of cases, …

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New guidelines from the government's Crown Prosecution Service in the UK, could see sentencing for revenge pornography, the practice of posting nude images of someone online with malicious intent, extended so that the person responsible is sent to jail for as much at 14 years – though this would be for the most serious of cases, often involving coercion through blackmail.

As it stands, there isn't much on the books for how to deal with revenge porn in the UK. In Australia the practice is illegal and earlier this year, David Cameron called for it to become illegal declaring it as having “clear criminal intent.” Before these guidelines were published, prosecutors needed to make use of the obscene publication laws, which aren't exactly equipped for this sort of imagery or intention. Now though the CPS is hoping to allow prosecutors to make use of sexual offence and child protection laws, which are far more strict and carry much harsher sentences.

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I  know it's boring, but what did you think I was going to use, a picture of revenge porn or something?

“The CPS prosecutes these cases using a range of current laws, and we have now clarified our legal guidance to set out clearly how these cases should be brought to court,” the CPS said in a statement (via The Telegraph).  It hopes that this guideline change will give prosecutors more confidence to take on a case, knowing that a decent conviction is likely to be reached.

Under the new guidelines, anyone found posting images that were taken when the person in the pictures was under 18, could be prosecuted under child protection laws, which could land an uploader with a 10 year sentence. The 14 year sentence could be applied instead or as well as other sentences, if the person charged was using the images to coerce someone into further sexual exploits.

However, some claim that these guidelines aren”t enough and that a revenge porn law needs to be written to address this practice specifically.

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KitGuru Says: I really hope these guidelines weren't issued just because of the celebrity “fappening,” scandal. People are targeted with revenge porn tactics all the time and yet it only seems to have captured much public attention when it affected celebrities. 

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Female celebrities sue Google over leaked images https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/female-celebrities-sue-google-over-leaked-images/ https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/female-celebrities-sue-google-over-leaked-images/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2014 08:51:55 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=215021 It seems like the celebrity nude picture scandal has yet to die down, not least because the leakers are continuing to dump their trove of images every few days, but because a number of the women that took or featured in the photos have now begun legal action against Google and are demanding monetary compensation …

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It seems like the celebrity nude picture scandal has yet to die down, not least because the leakers are continuing to dump their trove of images every few days, but because a number of the women that took or featured in the photos have now begun legal action against Google and are demanding monetary compensation for the search giant not removing the images from its results fast enough.

In a letter that the New York Post got a hold of, law firm Lavely and Singer addressed Google's senior management, including: Larry Page, Eric Schmidt, Sergey Brin, Kent Walker and a number of others, accusing them and Google of benefiting from “knowingly accommodating, facilitating, and perpetuating the unlawful conduct,” of the “victimisation of women.” Because of this, the women it represents, are demanding compensation and punitive damages to the tune of $100 million.

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A quick Google search does indeed still show several of the images. Most of which we can't show here, obviously.

The letter also claims that the celebrities and their legal representation had been sending DMCA notices to many sites, including Google, to have the images removed. While most sites did so within hours, the law firm accuses Google of ignoring or delaying the take down notices.

“Google knows that the images are hacked stolen property, private and confidential photos and videos unlawfully obtained and posted by pervert predators who are violating the victims' privacy rights … Yet Google has taken little or no action to stop these outrageous violations,” it reads.

The lawsuit then draws a comparsion between the celebrities and the women in the lives of Google exeuctives, suggesting that if those women had had their privacy violated in the same manner, Google would be doing more about it. This is likely true, but it also fails to mention the fact that revenge porn goes on all the time, it's only now that ‘celebrities' have been targeted that the law firm and indeed most of these women are making a fuss of it. It doesn't make it any more right, but it does highlight some measure of hypocrisy in the letter's arguments.

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KitGuru Says: There's also a lot of hypocrisy surrounding the mainstream press' reaction to “The Fappening.” Considering tabloids and even some more reputable news sources spend much of their reporting on the comings and goings of celebrities, it seems a bit ridiculous to suddenly point a finger at others for invading privacy. Not only is it an invasion of privacy to take pictures of people all the time, but a culture of voyeurism is encouraged by this sort of reporting.

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UK could ban revenge porn https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/uk-could-ban-revenge-porn/ https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/uk-could-ban-revenge-porn/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2014 09:17:11 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=201162 Taking a note out of Australia's book, the UK could be soon set to make revenge pornography, the practice of uploading sexually explicit images of someone (usually an ex-partner) to the internet without their consent, illegal. This news comes from the British justice secretary, Chris Grayling, who said that the government was open to having …

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Taking a note out of Australia's book, the UK could be soon set to make revenge pornography, the practice of uploading sexually explicit images of someone (usually an ex-partner) to the internet without their consent, illegal.

This news comes from the British justice secretary, Chris Grayling, who said that the government was open to having a discussion on whether the practice should remain off the law books or if a stronger stance should be taken. Such a talk could take place sometime after parliament's summer recess.

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According to the Guardian, Grayling isn't the first to call for a discussion on revenge porn, with both a former culture secretary and the Liberal Democrats expressing their concern over the practice and its current legal status.

Revenge Porn has become a growing phenomenon in recent years, most notably brought to the attention of the public by IsAnyoneUp founder Hunter Moore, who famously sold the site to an anti-bullying group but was arrested earlier this year on hacking charges after it was discovered that he paid a hacker to social engineer his way into women's email accounts in order to steal nude images.

Discuss on our Facebook page, HERE.

KitGuru Says: Even with laws on the books, dealing with this sort of thing is still difficult, as its often dependent on who uploaded the image. If you took the picture, chances are you own the copyright, regardless of its content. Perhaps selfies do have some benefit after all?

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Revenge porn poster child arrested over victim hacking https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/revenge-porn-poster-child-arrested-over-victim-hacking/ https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/revenge-porn-poster-child-arrested-over-victim-hacking/#respond Fri, 24 Jan 2014 12:14:38 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=174104 The man who's become synonymous with the revenge porn system, Hunter Moore, who previously ran the infamous IsAnyoneUp.com website, has been arrested after being charged with paying for a hacker to break into the email accounts of young men and women, stealing any nude images stored there and then send them on to him – …

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The man who's become synonymous with the revenge porn system, Hunter Moore, who previously ran the infamous IsAnyoneUp.com website, has been arrested after being charged with paying for a hacker to break into the email accounts of young men and women, stealing any nude images stored there and then send them on to him – at which point he would post them on his site along with their name and location. If convicted, he faces a potential jail term of up to five years.

While Moore wasn't the first to come up with the revenge porn idea – posting nude pictures of your exes to get back at them – he did help bring it to mainstream attention, with his near psychopathic, guiltless comments about those affected by his site, whom he would hold hostage, by forcing them to pay up if they wanted the pictures removed.

It was previously thought that all images were sent in voluntarily by exes of the women featured, however that turns out not to be the case.

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Or without hacking, apparently. Source: PupFresh

According to the charges, Moore paid upwards of $200 a week to fellow defendant Charles Evens, who would break into email accounts, often pretending to be victim's friends in order to gain access. Using social engineering, gaining answers to secret questions and common password guesses led him and ultimately Moore to pictures of hundreds of women taken unlawfully from email accounts – the illegality of which Moore was well aware of.

The pair now stand accused of conspiracy, seven counts of unauthorized access to a protected computer, and seven counts of aggravated identity theft. Considering the weight the charges against him, there's no doubt Moore will use some of that $10,000 a month he was making from online ads to pay for a decent legal defence – or potentially face years behind bars.

KitGuru Says: The hard part with what Moore's done, is that apart from the hacking, there's not a lot of laws getting in his way. While it might seem like an easy thing to say “you can't post nude pictures of someone on the internet without their permission,” that gets very difficult to enforce, as well as creating problems with things like, what is nudity? Or what constitutes online? Can I put it on a private profile? 

Any legal experts want to take a swing at some legalise that might work out in favour of those victimised by sites like Moore's, without infringing on free speech?

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Australian state outlaws revenge porn https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/australian-state-outlaws-revenge-porn/ Thu, 12 Dec 2013 11:15:26 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=167210 South Eastern Australian state, Victoria, has become the first to make ‘revenge-porn' illegal, by modifying existing sexting laws, making it against the law to publish nude pictures of someone without their consent. The hope is that this will help stop jilted lovers attempting to humiliate their ex-partners. The new law that will be brought together …

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South Eastern Australian state, Victoria, has become the first to make ‘revenge-porn' illegal, by modifying existing sexting laws, making it against the law to publish nude pictures of someone without their consent. The hope is that this will help stop jilted lovers attempting to humiliate their ex-partners.

The new law that will be brought together with existing legislation, will make it an offence to take part in “non-consensual sexting,” thereby making it illegal to deliberately send naked pictures of someone that isn't yourself. However, caveats have been added to make sure that children who are caught out by the law are not also hit with child pornography charges.

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One of the more well known revenge porn sites, IsAnyoneUp, posted such images for the world to see. Source: Wiki

“As the law stands, children can be charged with creating child pornography if they sext, which I don’t think anyone anticipated when the child pornography laws were drafted,” said Coalition MP Clem Newton-Brown while speaking with The Guardian. “The real harm is done when images are sent to third parties.”

In a surprising show of maturity for a law that has relevance to child pornography, the new legislation will only come into effect against children if they have more than a two year age gap. With regards to adults, as long as those images aren't passed on to a third party, then no harm no foul.

No penalties have yet been finalised for those that are convicted under the new law.

KitGuru Says: This seems fair enough. I'm especially pleased to hear about the modifications for kids that get caught doing it too. There is no need to stick a pair of 13 year olds on the sex offenders register for the rest of their lives if everything is consensual. 

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Revenge porn site owner could face child pornography charges https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/revenge-porn-site-owner-could-face-child-pornography-charges/ https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/revenge-porn-site-owner-could-face-child-pornography-charges/#respond Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:47:08 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=124147 The owner of “revenge porn,” website, IsAnyoneDown.com – and former owner of IsAnyoneUp.com – Craig Brittainn, has been speaking about his running of the site, denying rumours that he scams victims of the site into paying him to have naked photos of themselves removed. However it now looks like he could be facing child pornography charges, …

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The owner of “revenge porn,” website, IsAnyoneDown.com – and former owner of IsAnyoneUp.com – Craig Brittainn, has been speaking about his running of the site, denying rumours that he scams victims of the site into paying him to have naked photos of themselves removed. However it now looks like he could be facing child pornography charges, as some of the women that ended up on the site are claiming they were under 18 at the time the photographs were taken.

This information comes from attorney Marc Randazza, who has been offering his service to women affected by the site on a pro-bono basis. As well as encouraging them not to use the the service known as Takedown Hammer, which is curiously advertised prominently on IsAnyoneDown. It purports to have a 100 per cent success rate in having content removed from the site, all it requires is a $250 (£160) fee. Of course the fact that it guarantees removal and foresees no problem in having the content taken down, suggests that either this is in-fact Brittain in digital disguise, or that Takedown Hammer is affiliated with the site and is passing along payment – as otherwise, why would IsAnyoneDown comply with each and every request?

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Isanybodydown is a sequel to previous Revenge Porn site Isanybodyup, also run by Brittainn

According to Wired, Randazza also mentioned however that of the several women that have contacted him in order to get their pictures removed, two claim they were under 18 when the pictures were taken. This may be difficult to prove, but if it turns out to be true, Brittain would be in serious trouble and potentially facing criminal charges on top of any copyright infringement claims that those who took the pictures – often the women pictured – may make.

Randazza suggested that those who had pictures taken of them by someone else may find it more difficult to take legal action, since they cannot claim on copyright infringement grounds. They can however use privacy laws to their advantage, but cannot expect much in the way of a cash payout.

KitGuru Says: While Brittainn himself is obviously pretty deplorable in this situation, you've got to think the same of the people that send these pictures in – along with the accompanying requested Facebook and contact details of the women pictured. This is life ruining stuff and it's treated as if it's all a joke.

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