Dutch police military group Politie has take over the anon. message board Anon - IB , a major hub of retaliation porn and harassment political campaign with servers based in the Netherlands , and charged three men with “ information processing system invasion and spread nude photos,”according to CNET .
paper in Dutch mediasuggest that the site was associate with a large connection of men who used chat room and data file - sharing sites like New Zealand - based Mega to accumulate photos of and info on the victims , many of whom were underage .
As point out bysecurity company Sophos , Anon - IB had a repute as a place where web exploiter could go to find hoi polloi willing to help them direct women for humiliation via retaliation pornography . It had section devoted to non - consensual pornography include “ Creepshots , ” “ Drunk / Passed Out , ” and “ Peeping Toms . ”
URLs associated with Anon - IB nowredirect to a Pastebin siteclaiming the creators of the board are sinless and “ is as surprised as everybody else regarding the capture of our and our client ’s servers hard drive by the Dutch police force . We vehemently deny any and all accusations regarding retaliation porn , and child porn . ” They also claim to have been below the belt consociate with a predecessor land site , AnonIB , though Anon - IB has beenpreviously reportedto be a hub for revenge smut as well . concord tothe Verge , it also became a hub for US military religious service member who left Facebook in the wake of a massive revenge porn scandal .
In the US , there is no federal law against revenge porn , imply enforcement is largely based on apatchwork of land lawsor other jurisprudence against computing gadget encroachment or blackmail . In 2014 , revenge porn web site hustler Hunter Moore was successfully prosecutednot fordistributing the ikon themselves , but forpaying someoneto hack into another ’s computer . According toMotherboard , Dutch police detective lean to be among the most strong-growing pursuing revenge erotica eccentric , and gain alawsuit against Facebookin 2015 to hold the identity of a man who had posted a nude TV of his ex-wife - girlfriend .
While other appendage of the Anon - IB net will likely reorganize elsewhere , Dutch police say they will be notifying each of the hundred of women identify that compromise media of them is circulating online .
In the meantime , Rachel , a extremity of anti - revenge porn group BADASS , distinguish Motherboard , “ What a wonderful thing to wake up to ! I would say that it feel like I can breathe easier and have one less thing on my mind ! … It ’s obviously something we ’ve been striving towards and hoping for so it feels good to sleep with that , even if it is temporary , those are still of the essence hours that dupe are not being viewed or traded on that platform . ”
[ CNET / The Verge / Motherboard ]
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