The celebrity nude photo scandal resurfaced again in the news as a lawsuit for $100 million has been filed by Hollywood attorney Marty Singer against Google. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you heard about the hacked and leaked photos that hit the Internet in September of many famous female celebrities. The nude photos included such celebrities as Rihanna, Selena Gomez, Jennifer Lawrence, Amber Heard, Kate Upton, Cara Delevingne, Kim Kardashian, Amber Heard, and Ariana Grande.
The scandal originated on sites like 4Chan and Reddit, and caused quite a stir when they were discovered. The nudes quickly spread across the Internet, and despite attempts to have them taken down, they continue to appear as fast as they are removed. It was the largest hack of its kind to date.
Google claims they have already removed the photos, and they acted expediently in the wake of the scandal. They also continue to remove photos as soon as they are made aware they have been published, and therefore the lawsuit is frivolous.
These points, however, aren’t the main cause of the lawsuit that was filed. Singer claims Google did not act fast enough to remove the photos, and thus their actions are still unsatisfactory. Singer asserts that Google should be held responsible for not acting fast enough to remove the photos from their sites. Singer states the Google is “Profiting from the victimization of women.”
The attorney also claims many of the photos are still on Google sites such as Blogspot and YouTube despite multiple requests to have the content removed. Thus Google has not complied in removing the content overall even though they know these are stolen images.
Despite allegations that Google is making money hand over fist by not removing the racy and stolen photos, the search engine giant maintains they have, and continue, to act accordingly. They maintain they acted quickly and accordingly with all requests.
In a statement released by a Google spokesperson, the company says “We’ve removed tens of thousands of pictures, within hours of the requests being made, and we have closed hundreds of accounts. The Internet is used for many good things. Stealing people’s private photos is not one of them.”
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