There has been a lot of hoo-ha about nude celebrity
photos recently. Poor old J-Law just couldn't cop a break...
until now.
It's reported that Google faces possible legal action from
unnamed (but obviously very extremely famous) women affected by the
hacking spree. They have demanded that Google pay $100 million in
damages for failing to remove the nude pictures from Google-owned
sites like YouTube and BlogSpot quickly enough. Google has
responded saying that it removed tens of thousands of pictures
within hours of requests being made. The nude celebrities say there
are still loads more images that have not yet been removed despite
requests.
The claim could be legit. In the US there is legislation that
says if you host a website and there is unlawful material posted on
that website, you have to act swiftly to take it down once notified
of it. If Google dragged its heels, then it's on the hook for
perpetuating the unlawful conduct. And thinking about the
