That's true for almost any NSFW subreddit. Those images are copyrighted and most often the person posting the link doesn't have permission. Occasionally some un

That's true for almost any NSFW subreddit. Those images are copyrighted and most often the person posting the link doesn't have permission. Occasionally some underage pictures might be mixed in, but the mods remove them. What's exceptional about /r/thefappening? It was following the same principle. Except that it was pictures of celebrities, received a large amount of traffic very quickly, and was denounced by many media outlets.