:Hunter Moore

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|3|9}}

| birth_place = Sacramento, California, U.S.

| known_for = Is Anyone Up?

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Hunter Edward Moore (born March 9, 1986){{cite web|url=https://thecinemaholic.com/where-is-internets-most-hated-man-hunter-moore-now/|title=Where is Internet's Most Hated Man Hunter Moore Now?|last=Mehrotra|first=Kriti|date=July 26, 2022|work=Cinemaholic.com|access-date=18 October 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://en.janbharattimes.com/entertainment/who-hunter-moore-probably-most-hated-man-internet|title=Who is Hunter Moore? Probably the Most Hated Man on Internet|last=Archana|date=August 3, 2022|work=JanBharat Times|access-date=18 October 2022}} is an American convicted criminal from Sacramento, California. Rolling Stone called him "the most hated man on the Internet."{{Cite news|first=Phil|last=Helsel|url= https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/revenge-porn-kingpin-hunter-moore-pleads-guilty-going-jail-n313061|title=Revenge Porn Kingpin Hunter Moore Pleads Guilty, Faces Jail |work=NBC News|date=February 25, 2015|access-date= March 31, 2018|language=en-US}} In 2010, he created the revenge porn website Is Anyone Up? which allowed users to post sexually explicit photos of people online without their consent, often accompanied by personal information such as their names and addresses. He refused to take down pictures on request.{{Cite news|url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/01/24/how-revenge-porn-king-hunter-moore-was-taken-down/#6f9fb83448c0|title=How Revenge Porn King Hunter Moore Was Taken Down|last= Hill|first=Kashmir|work=Forbes |date=January 24, 2014|access-date=March 30, 2018}} Moore called himself "a professional life ruiner" and compared himself to Charles Manson.{{Cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/mar/30/charlotte-laws-fight-with-internet-revenge-porn-king |title=Charlotte Laws' fight with Hunter Moore, the internet's revenge porn king|last=Cadwalladr|first= Carole |date=March 30, 2014|website=The Guardian|access-date=March 31, 2018}} The website was up for 16 months, during which Moore stated several times he was protected by the same laws that protect Facebook. Moore also paid a hacker to break into email accounts of victims and steal private photos to post.

The FBI started an investigation on Moore in 2012 after receiving evidence from Charlotte Laws, the mother of one of the victims. The site was closed in April 2012 and sold to an anti-bullying group.{{Cite news |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2012/05/16/gary-jones-wants-your-nudes/|title="Gary Jones" Wants Your Nudes|first=Camille|last=Dodero|

newspaper=The Village Voice|date=May 16, 2012|access-date=March 31, 2018}} In February 2015, Moore pleaded guilty to felony charges for aggravated identity theft and aiding and abetting in the unauthorized access of a computer. In November 2015, Moore was sentenced to two years and six months in prison, a $2,000 fine, and $145.70 in restitution.{{Cite web |date=December 3, 2015 |title=Operator of 'Revenge Porn' Website Sentenced to 2½ Years in Federal Prison in Email Hacking Scheme to Obtain Nude Photos |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/operator-revenge-porn-website-sentenced-2-years-federal-prison-email-hacking-scheme |access-date=April 23, 2022 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}} He was released from prison in May 2017.

In 2022, Netflix released The Most Hated Man on the Internet, a docuseries about Moore.{{Cite web |last=Tallerico |first=Brian |date=July 27, 2022 |title=The Most Hated Man on the Internet |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-most-hated-man-on-the-internet-tv-review-2022 |access-date=July 30, 2022 |website=RogerEbert.com}} Although Moore initially agreed to take part in the series, he then declined.{{Cite web |last=Han |first=Angie |date=July 26, 2022 |title='The Most Hated Man on the Internet' Review: Netflix's Hunter Moore Docuseries Is Absorbing but Shallow |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/the-most-hated-man-on-the-internet-tv-review-1235186482/ |access-date=July 30, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} The series reached No. 3 on the Netflix top 10.{{Cite web |last=Prtichard |first=Tom |date=July 29, 2022 |title=The Most Hated Man on the Internet just crashed the Netflix top 10 |url=https://www.tomsguide.com/news/the-most-hated-man-on-the-internet-just-crashed-the-netflix-top-10 |access-date=July 30, 2022 |website=Tom's Guide}}

Early life and education

Moore was born in March 1986 and he grew up in Woodland, California.{{cite news |last1=Hamilton |first1=Matt |date=February 25, 2015 |title='King of Revenge Porn' pleads guilty, faces up to 7 years in prison |website=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-revenge-porn-king-pleads-guilty-20150225-story.html}} He attended and was expelled from Woodland Christian School.{{Cite magazine |last=Morris |first=Alex |date=October 11, 2012 |title=Hunter Moore: The Most Hated Man on the Internet |magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/the-most-hated-man-on-the-internet-20121113 |access-date=November 24, 2013 |archive-date=April 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410174133/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/the-most-hated-man-on-the-internet-20121113 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite magazine |last=Greenhouse |first=Emily |date=January 28, 2014 |title=The Downfall of the Most Hated Man on the Internet |url=https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/the-downfall-of-the-most-hated-man-on-the-internet |access-date=July 28, 2022 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}

Is Anyone Up?

Moore started the website Is Anyone Up? in 2010. Moore stated that the site was originally intended to be a nightlife website, but after he and some friends received sexually explicit pictures from women they were involved with at the time, the site was changed, featuring revealing photos and videos of people who were not professional models, linked to their social networking profiles on Facebook or Twitter. Many of the subjects were outraged by inclusion on the site; in many cases the photos had been stolen from their hacked personal computers or shared without consent by former boyfriends or girlfriends as a form of revenge. Because of this, the site's content became known as "revenge porn". Moore reportedly responded to multiple cease-and-desist letters with simply "LOL" and would regularly argue that the law protected his activities.

Moore claimed that the website attracted 30 million page views monthly as well as yielding $8,000 to $13,000 a month in ad revenue.{{cite web|last=Gold|first=Danny|title=The Man Who Makes Money Publishing Your Nude Pics|url=http://www.theawl.com/2011/11/the-man-who-makes-money-publishing-your-nude-pics|work=The Awe|date=November 10, 2011|access-date=December 18, 2011}} In response to public bragging by Moore about the website, BBC News named Moore "the Net's most hated man" and Rolling Stone called him "the most hated man on the Internet". Due to the site, Moore was banned from Facebook.{{cite web |last=Dickson |first=EJ |date=January 23, 2014 |title=The history of revenge porn that led to Hunter Moore's arrest |url=http://www.dailydot.com/crime/hunter-moore-arrested-indicted-california/ |access-date=April 28, 2014 |website=Daily Dot}}{{cite magazine |last=Morris |first=Alex |date=November 13, 2012 |title=Hunter Moore: IsAnyoneUp Founder Could Be the Most Hated Man on the Internet |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/the-most-hated-man-on-the-internet-20121113 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=August 31, 2017 |archive-date=April 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410174133/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/the-most-hated-man-on-the-internet-20121113 |url-status=dead }}

Moore eventually faced numerous lawsuits and an FBI investigation.{{cite web|url=http://www.xojane.com/it-happened-to-me/charlotte-laws-hunter-moore-erin-brockovich-revenge-porn|title=I've been called the "Erin Brockovich" of revenge porn, and for the first time ever, here is my entire uncensored story of death threats, Anonymous and the FBI|last=Laws|first=Charlotte|work=XoJane|date=November 21, 2013|access-date=November 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122000034/http://www.xojane.com/it-happened-to-me/charlotte-laws-hunter-moore-erin-brockovich-revenge-porn|archive-date=January 22, 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite news | first = Camille | last = Dodero | title = Hunter Moore Makes a Living Screwing You | date = April 4, 2012 | url = http://www.villagevoice.com/2012-04-04/news/revenge-porn-hunter-moore-is-anyone-up/ | work = Village Voice | access-date = October 16, 2012}} He was also stabbed in the shoulder with a pen by a woman who had been featured on the site.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/the-most-hated-man-on-the-internet-20121113|title=Hunter Moore: The Most Hated Man on the Internet|first=Alex|last=Morris|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 11, 2012|access-date=November 24, 2013|archive-date=April 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410174133/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/the-most-hated-man-on-the-internet-20121113|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/12/05/hunter_moore_s_revenge_porn_cheerleader_is_anyone_up_s_biggest_fan_is_not.html|title=Hunter Moore's Biggest Fan|work=Slate|first=Amanda|last=Hess|access-date=November 24, 2013|date=December 5, 2012}} Moore lived with his grandmother for a period of time while he feared he would be murdered in his sleep due to constant death threats.

On April 19, 2012, Moore sold the website to an anti-bullying group run by former Marine James McGibney for $12,000.{{cite journal | url=http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/most_hated_man_on_the_internet_is_charged_with_email_hacking_to_get_photos_/ | title='Most hated man on the Internet' is charged with email hacking to get photos for revenge porn site | journal=American Bar Association Journal| publisher=American Bar Association|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=January 24, 2014 | access-date=January 28, 2014 | first=Martha|last=Neil}} After it was sold all the pornographic material was removed, and the URL was redirected to Bullyville.com. According to McGibney, he convinced Moore to sell him the website by claiming that users were uploading child pornography and that Moore might be prosecuted for this if he remained in control of the site; Moore himself claimed that he no longer wanted to deal with the stress of maintaining Is Anyone Up? and was struggling to pay the server bills.{{cite web|title=BullyVille.com shuts down Isanyoneup.com|url=http://www.bullyville.com/?page=articles&id=358|publisher=BullyVille|access-date=19 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419163347/http://www.bullyville.com/?page=articles&id=358|archive-date=19 April 2012|url-status=dead}}

FBI investigation

Charlotte Laws, the mother of one of the victims on the site, decided to track Moore down and conducted a two-year investigation where she compiled evidence from more than 40 victims and gave it to the FBI.

In 2012, Moore and a hacker named Charles Evens (who went under the alias of "Gary Jones") were suspected of hacking-related crimes.{{cite web|last=Dodero|first=Camille|title='Gary Jones' Wants Your Nudes|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2012/05/16/gary-jones-wants-your-nudes/|work=Village Voice|date=May 16, 2012|access-date=April 28, 2014}} The Wire stated that "on multiple occasions, [Moore] paid Evens to break into the email accounts of victims and steal nude photos to post on the website isanyoneup.com."{{cite web|last=Simpson|first=Connor|title=Revenge Porn King Hunter Moore Arrested for Hacking Email Accounts|url=http://www.thewire.com/national/2014/01/revenge-porn-king-hunter-moore-arrested-conspiracy-hack-email-accounts/357321/|work=The Atlantic WireThe Wire|date=January 23, 2014|access-date=April 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429050128/http://www.thewire.com/national/2014/01/revenge-porn-king-hunter-moore-arrested-conspiracy-hack-email-accounts/357321/|archive-date=April 29, 2014}} When it became apparent to Moore that news about his FBI investigation was beginning to surface to the public, Moore responded with "I will literally fucking buy a first-class fucking plane ticket right now, eat an amazing meal, buy a gun in New York, and fucking kill whoever [talked about my FBI investigation]. I'm that pissed over it. I'm actually mad right now."

Moore also threatened to burn down The Village Voice headquarters if they ran a story about his FBI investigation. They ran the story regardless.

Indictment

On January 23, 2014, Moore was indicted in a federal court in California following his arrest by the FBI on charges of conspiracy, unauthorized access to a protected computer, and aggravated identity theft.{{cite journal | url=http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/most_hated_man_on_the_internet_is_charged_with_email_hacking_to_get_photos_/ | title='Most hated man on the Internet' is charged with email hacking to get photos for revenge porn site | journal=American Bar Association Journal|publisher=American Bar Association | location=Chicago, Illinois|date=24 January 2014 | access-date=28 January 2014 | first=Martha|last=Neil}}{{cite web|title=FBI Arrests "The Most Hated Man on the Internet," Revenge-Porn King Hunter Moore|url=http://news.msn.com/crime-justice/notorious-revenge-pornster-charged-with-hacking?ocid=ansnews11|website=MSN|date=January 24, 2014|access-date=January 24, 2014|agency=Associated Press|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129030412/http://news.msn.com/crime-justice/notorious-revenge-pornster-charged-with-hacking?ocid=ansnews11|archive-date=January 29, 2014|url-status=dead}} Many of these crimes were committed in an effort to obtain nude images of people against their will.

Moore was released two days later from Sacramento County Jail on a $100,000 bond. He was allowed no access to the Internet, and was required by law to dismantle the archives he owned for the Is Anyone Up? database, while the FBI monitored him doing so.{{cite web|first=Ian|last=McDonald|url=http://fox40.com/2014/01/24/king-of-revenge-porn-released-to-parents-now-grounded-with-no-internet|title=King of Revenge Porn' Released to Parents, Now Grounded with No Internet|website=Fox 40|date=January 25, 2014}}

On January 24, 2015, exactly one year after Moore had last tweeted, tweets began to appear on his account making it seem like he had returned to the Internet. Moore's mother revealed that his account was either taken over or hacked, and he had nothing to do with the tweets.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/hunter-moore/hunter-moore-twitter-hack-907841|title=No, Twitter, Revenge Porn Pioneer Hunter Moore Has Not Made A Triumphant Online Return|work=The Smoking Gun|date=January 24, 2015}}

= Guilty plea =

On February 18, 2015, Moore entered a guilty plea with the Central District of California U.S. Attorney's Office, in which he admitted to aggravated identity theft and aiding and abetting in the unauthorized access of a computer. In addition to his mandatory prison sentence, Moore also agreed to a three-year period of supervised probation, a $2,000 fine and $145.70 in restitution. He also received an order that he delete all the data on his seized computers.{{cite news |last1=Hamilton |first1=Matt |date=February 25, 2015 |title='King of Revenge Porn' pleads guilty, faces up to 7 years in prison |website=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-revenge-porn-king-pleads-guilty-20150225-story.html}} Under the plea, he would serve a minimum of two years in prison, and a maximum of seven years and a $500,000 fine.{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/daniellecitron/2015/02/18/ding-dong-revenge-porn-king-hunter-moore-is-going-to-jail/|title=Ding Dong, Revenge Porn King Hunter Moore Is Going To Jail|first=Danielle|last=Citron|date=February 18, 2015|work=Forbes}}

On July 2, 2015, accomplice Charles Evens pleaded guilty to charges of computer hacking and identity theft, confessing to stealing hundreds of images from women's email accounts and selling them to Moore. He also faced up to seven years imprisonment.

= Conviction and sentencing =

On November 16, 2015, Evens was sentenced to 2 years and 1 month imprisonment, as well as a $2,000 fine and $147.50 in restitution.{{Cite web |last=Blake |first=Andrew |title=Charles Evens, 'Revenge Porn' hacker, handed 25-month prison sentence |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/nov/18/charles-evens-revenge-porn-hacker-handed-25-month-/ |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=The Washington Times |language=en-US}}

On December 2, 2015, Moore was sentenced to 2{{Fraction|1|2}} years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release.{{cite news|first=Abby|last=Ohlheiser|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=December 3, 2015|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/12/03/revenge-porn-purveyor-hunter-moore-is-sentenced-to-prison/|title=Revenge porn purveyor Hunter Moore is sentenced to prison}} He was also ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation while imprisoned.{{Cite web |last=Sklar |first=Debbie L. |date=2015-12-02 |title=It's 2.5 years in fed prison for 'Revenge Porn' website king |url=http://mynewsla.com/crime/2015/12/02/federal-prison-for-revenge-porn-website-king/ |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=MyNewsLA.com |language=en-US}}

Moore was released from prison on September 22, 2017.{{Cite web |first=Lauren|last=Kranc|date=July 28, 2022 |title=Where Is Hunter Moore Now? The Revenge Porn Criminal of 'The Most Hated Man in America' Today |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a40720997/hunter-moore-now/ |access-date=July 28, 2022 |website=Esquire|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728013547/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a40720997/hunter-moore-now/ |archive-date=July 28, 2022 }}

Defamation judgment

On March 8, 2013, Bullyville founder James McGibney won a $350,000 defamation judgment against Moore, after Moore called McGibney a "pedophile" and threatened to rape his wife.{{cite news|url=http://gawker.com/5965758/how-revenge-porn-publisher-hunter-moore-suffered-250000-worth-of-payback|title=How Revenge-Porn Publisher Hunter Moore Suffered $250,000 Worth of Payback|last=Dodero|first=Camille|date=December 13, 2013|work=Gawker|access-date=January 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314183543/http://gawker.com/5965758/how-revenge-porn-publisher-hunter-moore-suffered-250000-worth-of-payback|archive-date=March 14, 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite court

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Netflix documentary

Moore and his website are the subject of a three-part Netflix documentary, The Most Hated Man on the Internet.{{cite news |last1=Jensen |first1=Erin |title=Who is Hunter Moore? Netflix documentary dives into downfall of 'Most Hated Man on the Internet' |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2022/07/27/hunter-moore-most-hated-man-revenge-porn/10071529002/ |date=July 27, 2022|access-date=July 29, 2022 |work=USA Today}} The end credits state that Moore initially agreed to feature in the documentary in person, but later declined to do so, ending with "we decided to use his image anyway".The Most Hated Man on the Internet. Directed by Rob Miller for Netflix, 2022. Netflix,https://www.netflix.com/watch/81413924?trackId=255824129

References

External links

{{IMDb name|5583798}}
[https://jamesmcgibney.com/isanyoneup Is Anyone Up?]

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