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BBC Investigation: Inside the secret world of trading nudes
BBC ^ | Aug 21 | BBC

Posted on 08/21/2022 9:04:56 PM PDT by RandFan

Women are facing threats and blackmail from a mob of anonymous strangers after their personal details, intimate photos and videos were shared on the social media platform Reddit. The BBC has unmasked the man behind one of the groups, thanks to a second-hand cigarette lighter.

"£5 for her nudes, DM me."

"I've got some of her vids looking to trade."

"What are we gonna do to her?"

I felt sick as I scrolled through the images and comments online.

There were thousands of photographs. A seemingly endless stream of naked or partially dressed women. Underneath, men were posting vicious commentary about the women, including rape threats. Much of what I saw was too explicit to share here.

A tip-off from a friend had brought me to these images. One of her pictures had been lifted from Instagram and posted on Reddit. It was not a nude but was still accompanied by sexual and degrading language. She was concerned for herself and other women.

What I found was a marketplace. Hundreds of anonymous profiles were dedicated to sharing, trading and selling explicit images - and it all appeared to be without the permission of the women pictured.

It seemed like a new evolution of so-called revenge porn, where private sexual material is published online without consent, often by embittered ex-partners.

Not only were these intimate images being shared for an audience of thousands, but men - lurking behind the mask of anonymity - were teaming up to expose the real-life identities of these women, a practice known as doxing.

Addresses, phone numbers and social media handles were being swapped online - the women then being targeted with lurid sexual comments, threats and blackmail.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: revengeporn
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To: Larry Lucido
Um, I think that part’s easy.

Yeah.

The big question is, who the hell is stupid enough to pay for nudes?

P.T. Barnum nailed it.

21 posted on 08/21/2022 9:28:01 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Democrat Party is criminal, unAmerican and illegitimate )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

It’s beyond scientific reckoning.


22 posted on 08/21/2022 9:29:01 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Democrat Party is criminal, unAmerican and illegitimate )
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To: Getready

You would think they would have already learned those things before posting nude selfies on the internetz.


23 posted on 08/21/2022 9:31:21 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Democrat Party is criminal, unAmerican and illegitimate )
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To: imabadboy99

Our world has rejected Jesus Christ and the Constitution. The US has become an unguided, rudderless missile.


24 posted on 08/21/2022 9:40:50 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: TigersEye
Of course, it can happen innocently by forgetting to erase the VHS you took of your wife in the shower in Rome then getting the camera stolen by a random Italian dude. :-)


25 posted on 08/21/2022 9:41:22 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Right Brother
The sexual revolution has done incalculable damage all around.

“Women” (whatever that is!) want domination and superiority, the benefits of chivalrous behavior in “men” (women and children first is still a thing) without the responsibility and consequences of “equality.”

26 posted on 08/21/2022 9:42:37 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Giant meteor 2022!)
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To: RandFan

If a woman is being blackmailed because nude pictures of her are on the internet then it’s her own fault because she allowed the pictures to be taken, it’s that damned simple. Take some responsibility for your actions.


27 posted on 08/21/2022 9:59:19 PM PDT by GaryCrow
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To: TigersEye

Haha, just don’t let anyone pic you that way !!!!!


28 posted on 08/21/2022 10:09:50 PM PDT by Bethaneidh
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To: 353FMG

(Our world has rejected Jesus Christ)

That’s why I keep posting, hoping that lurkers realize the Man of Lawlessness is coming: Satan’s anti-messiah.

For the antidote, lurkers can click on my FR homepage.


29 posted on 08/21/2022 11:09:48 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: RandFan
This thread is useless without p...

Oh, well, it was worth a try!

Regards,

30 posted on 08/21/2022 11:09:54 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: newzjunkey

I came across an advertisement on a store website for a perfume by a female singer named Ariana Grande (sp) and it’s called “God is a woman.” 🙄


31 posted on 08/21/2022 11:34:12 PM PDT by kelly4c
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To: kelly4c

(Ariana Grande)

Isn’t that the Donut Licker?

(real donut 🍩)


32 posted on 08/22/2022 12:12:12 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

To finish the story, she licked a doughnut and then put it back on the shelf. Sounds like a one-person super spreader event.


33 posted on 08/22/2022 12:17:06 AM PDT by Bernard (“the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God." JFK 1-20-61)
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To: Bernard

Yep; thanks for posting that info on the thread.

Didn’t know who she was before but I know her now as The Donut 🍩 Licker.

No class.


34 posted on 08/22/2022 12:31:50 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: RandFan

I read a story of a woman who had her photo lifted from a convenience store security camera while shopping and used at x-rated sites.

Below is a model who found out that Twitter makes money selling images of users at the site to anyone like x-rated sites.

Sports Illustrated model Genevieve Morton suing Twitter
https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3371&context=historical


35 posted on 08/22/2022 12:35:01 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: TigersEye

Women setting themselves up to be victims.

Then complaining they were victimized.

No personal responsibility for their incredibly stupid personal actions.


36 posted on 08/22/2022 12:52:38 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: imabadboy99

>> A world that has rejected Jesus Christ is utterly depraved.

“As in the days of Noah...”

Matthew 24, especially 36-42
Genesis 6, especially 5 & 6


37 posted on 08/22/2022 1:47:08 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Truth is not hate speech.)
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To: Nervous Tick

And Luke 17:26-32


38 posted on 08/22/2022 2:58:22 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: RandFan

I’ve got an idea. Don’t take but nekkid pics of yourself. Then none of this is possible.


39 posted on 08/22/2022 3:42:19 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: GaryCrow

I know men who have taken nude pictures of girl friends with out the girl knowing. I have a female friend who looks for partners on dating sites. It isn’t uncommon for a guy to send pictures of his junk. Crazy world now.


40 posted on 08/22/2022 3:42:25 AM PDT by carcraft (Pray for our Countr)
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