Hunter Moore’s Revenge Porn Site Will Map Submitted Photos to People’s Addresses
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#2While he may feel safe under the CDA, all it takes is one jury in one jurisdiction. There are so many laws on the books in so many states (not to mention the body of common law from court cases), that he should find himself in hot water. Not only civil but criminal. Especially when his stated intentions reflect pretty clear mens rea [1]. Willful blindness would be bad enough but his quotes are far worse.
Ventures that feel the need to state "It's completely legal! my lawyers checked" are usually a bad idea.
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#3Well, this all sounds sufficiently horrifying and terrible.
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#4Well, this all sounds sufficiently horrifying and terrible.
I will also add classless and a scathing condemnation of nations declining moral standard.
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#5While he may feel safe under the CDA, all it takes is one jury in one jurisdiction. There are so many laws on the books in so many states (not to mention the body of common law from court cases), that he should find himself in hot water. Not only civil but criminal. Especially when his stated intentions reflect pretty clear mens rea [1]. Willful blindness would be bad enough but his quotes are far worse. Ventures tha…
He's getting into the business of destroying lives. I don't think it's lawyers that will end him.
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#6This guy is a scumbag.
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#7There was a profile on him a while back, and he came across as the biggest douchebag that ever lived but if he thinks he can get away with basically enabling stalking he's probably going to find out rapidly that he's not as sheltered under the law as he hopes.
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#8While he may feel safe under the CDA, all it takes is one jury in one jurisdiction. There are so many laws on the books in so many states (not to mention the body of common law from court cases), that he should find himself in hot water. Not only civil but criminal. Especially when his stated intentions reflect pretty clear mens rea [1]. Willful blindness would be bad enough but his quotes are far worse. Ventures tha…
He's getting into the business of destroying lives. I don't think it's lawyers that will end him.
Whatever happens, the pushback by policy makers will likely result in overbearing regulations that affect all Internet users.
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#9Reading about a person like Hunter Moore is one of the rare times I'm very glad that Anonymous and their extra-judicial brand of justice exists.
Cue The Dark Knight "hero we deserve" quote.
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#10Well, this all sounds sufficiently horrifying and terrible.
It's both of those things, but I don't understand why there needs to be a post on HN about it. Stuff like this has existed for a very long time, just not in such an explicit, brazen form.