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By Jessica Roy 3/08 2:23pm

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Proposed Florida Law Would Make Publishing Revenge Porn Without Victim’s Consent a Third-Degree Felony

Though revenge porn–the practice of posting pornographic photos of someone without their consent–still largely exists within a legal grey area, lawyers, hackers and victim’s rights advocates are working hard to find ways to prosecute those who disseminate it. New Jersey now has a law on the books that makes distribution of revenge porn a third degree crime, which can net you three to five years in jail. Now, the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office has proposed a bill to the Florida state legislature that would make it a third-degree felony to publish revenge porn in Florida. Read More

By Kelly Faircloth 2/20 5:25pm

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Good News! There’s Now a Flipboard for Porno and It’s Called ‘Faploid’

Someone really ought to launch an incubator devoted to sexy clones of popular startups. There’s Birchbox for your box, Kickstarter for porn, and now there’s Faploid, a Flipboard for adult content. Of course there is.

The company (NSFW, obviously) promises to deliver personalized, high-quality adult content to your very own Faploid magazine. And how is that aim achieved, precisely? Through the vague magic of algorithms, of course! According to the website, “Faploid evaluates millions of new adult content every day, looking at the type of article, its key attributes and how it is shared across the web.” Read More

By Jessica Roy 2/11 6:04pm

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Two Alleged Underage Victims Sign Onto Revenge Porn Lawsuit Against Texxxan.com and GoDaddy

John S. Morgan, the lawyer helping victims of revenge porn site Texxxan.com launch a class action suit against the site and its host GoDaddy.com, announced today that two more women have signed on to the claim. Unlike Hollie Toups, the 32-year-old Beaumont, Texas resident who came forward in order to encourage others to confront their struggles with revenge porn, these two victims are allegedly underage. New allegations of child pornography further muddle the already complex case–the most aggressive legal action taken against revenge porn thus far. Read More

By Jessica Roy 2/06 4:05pm

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A very "old" photo of Mr. Brittain.

We Will Take Down This Photo of Revenge Porn Proprietor Craig Brittain If He Pays Us $250

Here at Betabeat, we’ve done some extensive reporting on the scourge of “revenge porn” websites, places where scorned exes or angry friends can upload intimate photos of women–and sometimes men–without their consent. Victims of revenge porn have been sexually and violently harassed, lost jobs and friends and even had to change their names because their photos ended up on one of the numerous revenge porn hubs.

Now, many women are bravely fighting back in a class action lawsuit against one site and its hosting provider, GoDaddy. Hackers, lawyers and activists are working diligently to confront a complex legal issue. Still, revenge porn sites continue to operate largely unaffected, despite the fact that more and more victims are speaking out about what happened to them. Read More

By Jessica Roy 2/04 2:40pm

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Victims of Revenge Porn Speak Out Against Craig Brittain, Founder of Is Anybody Down

When Hunter Moore shut down Is Anyone Up, the web’s most notorious revenge porn site, a host of copycat sites quickly cropped up to fill the void, though none have come close to generating as much traffic as Mr. Moore’s.

One called Is Anybody Down, however, goes a step beyond humiliating people by posting their naked photos without consent. The site claims to hold an “independent” partnership with another site that charges a $250 fee for the removal of photos. Now several women in Colorado are speaking out against its founder, Craig Brittain, and these extortionist policies.

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