The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has charged an operator of an alleged revenge porn website for using deception to acquire intimate photos of women then referring them to another website he owned where they could have their photos removed for hundreds of dollars. Craig Brittain is banned from publicly sharing such intimate photos without the subjects’ affirmative express consent, according to an FTC press release. He must also destroy the photos in his possession and the contacts made while operating the site. FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection Director Jessica Rich said, “This behavior is not only illegal but reprehensible,” adding, “I am pleased that as a result of this settlement, the illegally collected images and information will be deleted and this individual can never return to the so-called ‘revenge porn’ business.”
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