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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Revenge porn website operator given 18 year sentence

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Schoolaroundthecorner · 04/04/2015 10:26

www.thejournal.ie/revenge-porn-sentence-2030107-Apr2015/

Good news this morning, hopefully there will be more prosecutions and sentences of others involved in 'revenge porn' to follow. The whole concept is abhorrent but it is particularly nasty making money from charging victims to have the pictures etc removed from the site.

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StillLostAtTheStation · 04/04/2015 11:04

Good. I don't have the slightest interest in looking at pictures of people having sex but it's sad really the reaction to such sites can't just be " people having concensual sex, no children and animals involved, who cares?"

AWholeLottaNosy · 04/04/2015 11:07

What a disgusting individual. I'm glad he got such a hefty jail sentence. It sends out a strong message to other men that this isn't ok.

TeWiSavesTheDay · 04/04/2015 11:12

Good.

Can're believe his parents pleaded for leniency! Sorry folks but your son is clearly an asshole!

PuffinsAreFictitious · 04/04/2015 11:32

Good.

Hideous excuse for a human being.

Hope they go after the people who posted the photos on the site as well.

StillLostAtTheStation · 04/04/2015 11:36

I thought that too. There may be too many but they could pick say 5 who had posted the highest number.

DadWasHere · 04/04/2015 13:31

Seems like he was convicted for blackmail/extortion using revenge porn rather than revenge porn itself?

Amethyst24 · 04/04/2015 14:37

I wonder why he got so much longer a sentence than Hunter Moore?

www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/19/revenge-porn-hunter-moore-pleads-guilty-hacking-identify

PuffinsAreFictitious · 04/04/2015 15:53

Because if the extortion angle and he plead not guilty maybe? Not sure.

Schoolaroundthecorner · 04/04/2015 16:33

Yes I would think the extortion element was what resulted in such a long sentence. Bad enough to host a website for this purpose but to then charge for taking down these pictures and profit from it is what really makes me so delighted he received the sentence he did.

I'd also like to see more prosecutions of the men who upload these pictures in the first place. I wouldn't expect such long sentences in those cases but I do think increased prosecutions would act as a significant deterrent to anyone thinking of doing something like that.

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YonicScrewdriver · 04/04/2015 17:15

Good.

scallopsrgreat · 04/04/2015 18:15

It's not illegal to host (or post) revenge porn I don't think (at least not in that state). However the assholes who run these sites often hack and extort. Because they are assholes.

scallopsrgreat · 04/04/2015 18:17

No I think I'm wrong. It may be illegal to post but not run these sites. That makes sense...not.

FaFoutis · 04/04/2015 18:19

Good. Much deserved.

SmirnoffVice · 04/04/2015 18:22

Good.

ChoochiWhoo · 04/04/2015 18:22

Its been all over twitter, good stuff!! X

0ldF0x · 04/04/2015 18:27

Good!

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