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Revenge bloke wants Google to forget him

by on26 February 2015
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Fat chance.

The bloke who made a fortune from having people post naked pictures of their former partners without their consent has mounted a campaign to make sure that the Internet forgets all about him.

Craig Brittain used to run a site called IsAnyoneDown.com published naked photos of women without their consent. It was closed down by the government, despite Brittian's claims that it was all about free speech.

Now, Brittian suffering from a bad case of hypocrisy is demanding that Google erase anything that mentions his history of mass privacy violation.

He claims that Google lacks his consent and authorisation to provide links to his story, and has submitted a DMCA takedown notice which demands that unauthorised use of photos of him and other related information is taken down.

Unfortunately for him, "fair use and general First Amendment principles are on Google's and the media's side." The cosmic gods of irony have apparently spoken; even in Europe he is not covered by our "right to be forgotten law."

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