Revenge porn & reputation destroying sites: presented at the 2013 DragonCon EFForums with TJ Mihill.

1. Revenge Porn & Reputation-
Destroying Sites
Sarah A.
Downey, @SarahADowney
TJ Mihill, @TJMihill

2. What’s revenge porn?
Also referred to as “nonconsensual
pornography” or “sextortion.”

3. What’s revenge porn?
IsAnyoneUp, IsAnybodyDown, PinkMeth,
SubmitYourEx, UGotPosted, FileFap, 1UpEm,
PornoIMG, ImageFap, Gallery-Dump,
DumpARump, Gfrevenge…
Also P2P (e.g., Best Buy lawsuit)

4. SFW Examples:

6. Other Reputation-Killing Sites

8. Limitations
• Time
• Effort
• Money
• Mirrors/copies
• Motivated abusers
• Nonresponsive sites

9. How to Fix It: Non-Legal
• Assess the damage & document it
• Contact a real person
• Game Google
• URL/cache removal
• Copyright (DMCA Takedown Notice)
– Website, host, search engines
• 18 USC 2257
• Monitor, repeat
• Beware of “takedown services”

10. How to Fix It: Legal
• File a police report
• Copyright (suit)
• Invasion of privacy
• Intrusion upon seclusion
• Right of publicity
• Emerging laws
– CA, FL
• Call your reps!

11. Tips for the Future
• No faces
• Take it yourself
• Wickr/Snapchat
Yes
:
No:

12. Helpful Resources
• End Revenge
Porn, http://www.endrevengeporn.org/
• Women Against Revenge
Porn, www.womenagainstrevengeporn.com
• Without My
Consent, www.withoutmyconsent.org/
• Guide to Deleting Things from the
Internet, www.abine.com/blog/2012/how-to-
delete-things-from-the-internet-a-guide-to-
doing-the-impossible/

13. Please don’t seek porn vengeance of your
own,
and happy Dragon Con.
Thanks!
Sarah A. Downey
@SarahADowney
sarah@sarahadowney.com
TJ Mihill
@TJMihill
tjmihill@cmw-law.com