TheFappening, a new subreddit that became the unofficial hub for the cache of nude celebrity photos revealed last week, has been banned and shut down by Reddit.
In a statement published on its official blog, a representative for the company said that "we deplore the theft of these images and we do not condone their widespread distribution." Visitors to the subreddit are now greeted with the warning image as above lol
After hundreds of nude celebrity photos leaked on 4Chan, TheFappening emerged as a "distribution center" for the stolen photos. Reddit has been silent on the matter for over a week, but now as the company explained that At first they did not decide to ban the subreddit; instead the responded to DMCA requests and took down private photos hosted on its servers as required by law.
Reddit then quickly moved to remove links to and thumbnails of the offending photos, but users continued to repost the images as soon as they were removed. Hence forcing Reddit to take the decision to ban the subreddit.
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Also read : Fake links to Nude Celebrities crashes New Zealand's major Internet!
In a statement published on its official blog, a representative for the company said that "we deplore the theft of these images and we do not condone their widespread distribution." Visitors to the subreddit are now greeted with the warning image as above lol
After hundreds of nude celebrity photos leaked on 4Chan, TheFappening emerged as a "distribution center" for the stolen photos. Reddit has been silent on the matter for over a week, but now as the company explained that At first they did not decide to ban the subreddit; instead the responded to DMCA requests and took down private photos hosted on its servers as required by law.
Reddit then quickly moved to remove links to and thumbnails of the offending photos, but users continued to repost the images as soon as they were removed. Hence forcing Reddit to take the decision to ban the subreddit.
Source , Via
Also read : Fake links to Nude Celebrities crashes New Zealand's major Internet!
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