Marketing, E-commerce and Digital Design, Product Management, Brand Development, Design, Advertising and Consultancy

Google could be fined $100m for failing to remove pictures of naked celebrities

on Oct 2, 2014 | 0 comments

By Ishbel Macleod

Hollywood lawyer Marty Singer, representing the female celebrities who saw their nude images leaked online, has threatened to sue Google for $100m (£62m) for not removing the images from its search engine.

By failing to remove the leaked images, Google looked “to capitalize [sic] on this scandal rather than quash it”, Singer claimed in a letter to the search giant (seen in full below).

The letter further went on to say: “Google knows the images are hacked stolen property, private and confidential photos and videos unlawfully obtained and posted by pervert predators who are violating the victims’ privacy rights … Yet Google Read full story ›

Source: The Drum