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GirlsDoPorn: Young women win legal battle over video con

5 points by grugagag 7y ago

grugagag 7y ago
Childhood friends from Christchurch Michael James Pratt and Matthew Isaac Wolfe face FBI sex trafficking charges over GirlsDoPorn website https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12277739 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&...
danso 7y ago
As if the deception about the online distribution weren’t cruel enough, apparently the operators went out of their way to send the videos directly to the participants’ families and social networks, in a sadistic attempt to drum up viral interest. They’re even suspected of setting up their own version of Wikileaks to specifically dox the women: https://www.thedailybeast.com/amateur-porn-company-girls-do-porn-hit-with-dollar12775m-in-damages-for-exploiting-young-women https://www.thedailybeast.com/amateur-porn-company-girls-do-... > In trial, the women argued Pratt and GirlsDoPorn deliberately leaked their identities and personal information by sending the footage to their friends and families, much like a direct-marketing promotion, to ensure the footage “went viral” in the actresses’ hometowns. The judge found that, at best, Pratt and his colleagues both knew that harassment was “inevitable,” directly profited from it, and hid it from the models they hired. > “At worst,” Enright wrote, “Defendants encouraged and facilitated this outing process and even participated directly.” The judge went on to point out that the models’ names came out in a manner that “strongly suggests” that Pratt was involved. For one, internet history records showed that on multiple occasions, several models were “outed” at once—revealing their names, pictures, email addresses, social media, and other personal information in one dump. For another, after Pratt purchased the domain for one of the most prominent forums, Porn WikiLeaks, he didn’t remove the doxxing pages for seven months. The forum only came down eight days after the class action lawsuit was filed.
- tartoran 7y ago
  Yeah, this is cruel thing to do. I hope this outcome will deter others from predating on young women.

5 points by grugagag 7y ago

Childhood friends from Christchurch Michael James Pratt and Matthew Isaac Wolfe face FBI sex trafficking charges over GirlsDoPorn website https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12277739 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&...

danso 7y ago

As if the deception about the online distribution weren’t cruel enough, apparently the operators went out of their way to send the videos directly to the participants’ families and social networks, in a sadistic attempt to drum up viral interest. They’re even suspected of setting up their own version of Wikileaks to specifically dox the women: https://www.thedailybeast.com/amateur-porn-company-girls-do-porn-hit-with-dollar12775m-in-damages-for-exploiting-young-women https://www.thedailybeast.com/amateur-porn-company-girls-do-... > In trial, the women argued Pratt and GirlsDoPorn deliberately leaked their identities and personal information by sending the footage to their friends and families, much like a direct-marketing promotion, to ensure the footage “went viral” in the actresses’ hometowns. The judge found that, at best, Pratt and his colleagues both knew that harassment was “inevitable,” directly profited from it, and hid it from the models they hired. > “At worst,” Enright wrote, “Defendants encouraged and facilitated this outing process and even participated directly.” The judge went on to point out that the models’ names came out in a manner that “strongly suggests” that Pratt was involved. For one, internet history records showed that on multiple occasions, several models were “outed” at once—revealing their names, pictures, email addresses, social media, and other personal information in one dump. For another, after Pratt purchased the domain for one of the most prominent forums, Porn WikiLeaks, he didn’t remove the doxxing pages for seven months. The forum only came down eight days after the class action lawsuit was filed.

tartoran 7y ago
Yeah, this is cruel thing to do. I hope this outcome will deter others from predating on young women.