Netflix series have been exploring a difficult problem for some time now: revenge porn. Successful streak already done Confidentiality with a broad view of victims of crime. Now the platform is delving into the role of those behind the event, and it is doing so through a true story in its new documentary series. The most hated person on the internet. Or, equivalently, the life of Hunter Moore, the man behind IsAnyoneUp, who a few years ago was the most popular revenge porn site on the Internet.
new Netflix series The most hated person on the internet, leaves no one indifferent. Many fear that the return of Hunter Moore to the center of the conversation will serve to restart IsAnyoneUp-style websites. Also to get the character back to a voice that, even when the portal was active, was known for making off-tone comments regarding his role in revenge porn. Others point out that it is a way to give voice to the victims who are still suffering from the revenge porn images that have been posted on the portal since 2010. This is exactly what Charlotte Lowes, the mother of one of the victims, is trying to do. He is the one in 2012. got the FBI to investigate Moore’s website. She wasn’t going to be silent.
However, one question can be asked. After the events described The most hated person on the internetWhat happened to Hunter Moore? Spoiler alert: he seems to be a good boy now.
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Before we talk about where our villain is now, let’s recap what happened after Hunter Moore discovered IsAnyoneUp.
In the 16 months of the revenge porn portal, Moore posted thousands of sexual images of women, as well as all their personal data with social networks or place of residence, to ensure that if someone was looking for a specific woman, they found her Students, doctors, moms, teachers. No one was free from being a victim of the Internet. All of them, of course, without any consent.
It is estimated that for the entire time during which they were in circulation, IsAnyoneUp reached about 350,000 visits per day.. This soon turned into millions in advertising revenue. He could raise almost $30,000 a day on Facebook — at a time when the social network leaned towards absolute freedom of expression and, of course, did not sanction this type of content.
Hunter Moore’s success was so great that he earned the title of Internet bad guy. It was not a problem, it served as an impetus to attract millions of fans. even the women who struggled to see images of him online and even meet Moore in person.. The one who called himself a “professional destroyer of lives.”
Man without shame
If it’s not enough for Hunter Moore to open a website to download and watch revenge porn to earn the title The most hated person on the internet, the story is gaining more posts. While receiving images from third parties, Moore began hacking into computers in order to obtain personal photographs from his files.
He was also known for his way of responding to accusations. Already at that time, IsAnybodyUp was the object of much criticism. To emails asking for images to be retracted, he always responded with the same word: LOL. For interviews, he also had great statements. He pointed out to The Guardian that the key was not to upload photos of naked women, since they can be found on PornHub, but to humiliate. And if it was someone who had something to lose, so much the better.
Faced with accusations that IsAnybodyUp responsible for many suicides as a result of revenge pornMoore just laughed at the possibility. And even claimed to remove images of the victims, but only because it would increase web traffic for the simple purpose of viewing documents before they were removed.
In prison and without social networks, more or less
IsAnybodyUp closed in 2012 thanks to an investigation that the mother of one of the victims had been putting together for years. Charlotte Lowes spoke to 40 victims before going to the FBI with all the evidence. To this fact, and also when Moore learned about the impending investigation, he had only one reaction: “I’m literally going to buy a damn first class plane ticket right now, eat some amazing food, buy a gun in New York, and I’ll kill whoever I want.” anything. I’m so angry about this.
In February 2015, Moore pleaded guilty. In particular, allegations of aggravated identity theft and complicity in unauthorized access to a computer. With a sentence of 2 years and 6 months in prison and a fine of $2,000.Moore was released from prison in 2017. The most hated person on the internet was also forced to undergo a mental health examination and three years of supervision after being released from prison.
Since 2017, Moore has kept a low profile. But he’s never been shy about talking about his past as the creator of the most popular revenge porn site on the planet. in his book Anyone Up!?: A Porn Revenge Story, from 2018, talks about the creation of the portal. The description of the book contains a selection of amusing anecdotes from that time. “You know the character, but not the story,” Moore promoted in the book.
He did not abandon social networks either. At least on Twitter, where he keeps his account open to “his fans.” In it, you can see a young man with a dog who goes to the gym, leads a healthy and normal life, but at the same time talks about his past. “Some of you love me, most of you hate me, if you want me to apologize I wouldn’t. I do not owe anything to anyone“He points out in one of his tweets.
He also mentioned the premiere on Netflix The most hated person on the internet. Although Moore’s participation in the recording of the documentary was confirmed, he ultimately turned down the platform’s offer. With the series premiere posted a video in which he laughed at its content. In a way, acknowledging that he was the “Most Hated Person on the Internet” jerk.
