Hunter Moore: Difference between revisions

| birth_place = [[Sacramento, California]], U.S.

| known_for = [[Is Anyone Up?]]

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'''Hunter Edward Moore''' (born March 9, 1986)<ref name="Mehrotra">{{cite web|url=https://thecinemaholic.com/where-is-internets-most-hated-man-hunter-moore-now/|title=Where is Internet's Most Hated Man Hunter Moore Now?|last=Mehrotra|first=Kriti|date=July 26, 2022|work=Cinemaholic.com|access-date=18 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="JanBharat">{{cite news|url=https://en.janbharattimes.com/entertainment/who-hunter-moore-probably-most-hated-man-internet|title=Who is Hunter Moore? Probably the Most Hated Man on Internet|last=Archana|date=August 3, 2022|work=JanBharat Times|access-date=18 October 2022}}</ref> is an American convicted criminal from [[Sacramento, California]]. ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' called him "the most hated man on the Internet."<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite news|first=Phil|last=Helsel|url= https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/revenge-porn-kingpin-hunter-moore-pleads-guilty-going-jail-n313061|title=Revenge Porn Kingpin Hunter Moore Pleads Guilty, Faces Jail |work=[[NBC News]]|date=February 25, 2015|access-date= March 31, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2010, he created the [[revenge porn]] website [[Is Anyone Up?]] which allowed users to post sexually explicit photos of people online without their consent, often accompanied by personal information such as their names and addresses. He refused to take down pictures on request.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/01/24/how-revenge-porn-king-hunter-moore-was-taken-down/#6f9fb83448c0|title=How Revenge Porn King Hunter Moore Was Taken Down|last= Hill|first=Kashmir|work=[[Forbes]] |date=January 24, 2014|access-date=March 30, 2018}}</ref> Moore called himself "a professional life ruiner" and compared himself to [[Charles Manson]].<ref name= "Cadwalladr">{{Cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/mar/30/charlotte-laws-fight-with-internet-revenge-porn-king |title=Charlotte Laws' fight with Hunter Moore, the internet's revenge porn king|last=Cadwalladr|first= Carole |date=March 30, 2014|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=March 31, 2018}}</ref> The website was up for 16 months, during which Moore stated several times he was protected by the same laws that protect [[Facebook]].<ref name=":0" /> Moore also paid a [[computer hacking|hacker]] to break into email accounts of victims and steal private photos to post.<ref name=":3" />

 

newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|date=May 16, 2012|access-date=March 31, 2018}}</ref> In February 2015, Moore pleaded guilty to felony charges for aggravated [[identity theft]] and [[aiding and abetting]] in the unauthorized access of a computer. In November 2015, Moore was sentenced to two years and six months in prison, a $2,000 fine, and $145.70 in restitution.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=December 3, 2015 |title=Operator of 'Revenge Porn' Website Sentenced to 2½ Years in Federal Prison in Email Hacking Scheme to Obtain Nude Photos |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/operator-revenge-porn-website-sentenced-2-years-federal-prison-email-hacking-scheme |access-date=April 23, 2022 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}</ref> He was released from prison in May 2017.

 

Moore was released from prison on September 22, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Lauren|last=Kranc|date=July 28, 2022 |title=Where Is Hunter Moore Now? The Revenge Porn Criminal of 'The Most Hated Man in America' Today |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a40720997/hunter-moore-now/ |access-date=July 28, 2022 |website=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728013547/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a40720997/hunter-moore-now/ |archive-date=July 28, 2022 }}</ref>

 

 

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