bodyType

customContents

entityId

printArticlePageQuery

filter

article

body

urlAlias

articleSectionsContent

articleSeoArticle

articleSourceHeaderArticle

contentSchemaRenderContent

contentSubHeadlineContent

contentHeadlineContent

mainImagePrintArticleArticle

authorBlockPrintArticleArticle

contentSponsorTagContent

articlePianoPaywallContent

scmpYoutubeContent

hooksTrackPageViewArticle

query printArticlePageQuery(
  $entityId: String!
  $customContents: [CustomContentInput]
  $bodyType: BodyFormatTypeEnum
) {
  article(filter: {entityId: $entityId}) {
    entityId
    body(customContents: $customContents, type: $bodyType) {
      json
    }
    urlAlias
    ...articleSectionsContent
    ...articleSeoArticle_3o8td4
    ...articleSourceHeaderArticle
    ...contentSchemaRenderContent
    ...contentSubHeadlineContent
    ...contentHeadlineContent
    ...mainImagePrintArticleArticle
    ...authorBlockPrintArticleArticle
    ...contentSponsorTagContent
    ...articlePianoPaywallContent
    ...scmpYoutubeContent
    ...hooksTrackPageViewArticle
    id
  }
}

fragment articlePianoPaywallContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksPaywallPromiseContent
}

fragment articleSectionsContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  sections {
    value {
      ...helpersCheckIfNewsSectionInFirstIndexSection
      ...entityLink
      name
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment articleSeoArticle_3o8td4 on Article {
  ...hooksArticleSeoArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersGetArticleTypeArticle
  entityId
  publishedDate
  updatedDate
  summary {
    text
  }
  subHeadline {
    text
  }
  body(customContents: $customContents, type: $bodyType) {
    text
  }
  keywords
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  topics {
    name
    entityId
    id
  }
  urlAlias
  authors {
    name
    id
  }
  images {
    style(filter: {style: "768x768"}) {
      url
    }
  }
  readingTime
}

fragment articleSourceHeaderArticle on Article {
  urlAlias
  ...entityLink
}

fragment authorBlockPrintArticleArticle on Article {
  ...defaultArticleDateContent
  ...authorNamesArticle
}

fragment authorNameAuthor on Author {
  ...entityLink
  name
  entityUuid
}

fragment authorNamesArticle on Article {
  authorLocations
  authors {
    entityId
    location
    ...authorNameAuthor
    id
  }
}

fragment blockquoteQuoteContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...contentShareWidgetContent
}

fragment checkersCheckContentContainsStarlingImageContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment contentHeadlineContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  headline
  socialHeadline
  ...contentHeadlineTagContent
  ...helpersUseContentSponsorContent
}

fragment contentHeadlineTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksContentHeadlineTagContent
}

fragment contentNewsletterWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    relatedNewsletters {
      ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
      id
    }
    id
  }
  sections {
    value {
      relatedNewsletters {
        ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
        id
      }
      id
    }
  }
  ... on Article {
    relatedNewsletters {
      ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment contentSchemaRenderContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...blockquoteQuoteContent
  ...imageContent
  ...inlineWidgetContent
  ...photoGalleryWidgetContent
  ...scmpYoutubeContent
}

fragment contentShareWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  urlAlias
  shortUrl
  socialHeadline
  headline
}

fragment contentSponsorTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...helpersUseContentSponsorContent
}

fragment contentSubHeadlineContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  subHeadline {
    json
  }
  summary {
    json
  }
  ...contentSchemaRenderContent
}

fragment defaultArticleDateContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksArticleDateUtilsContent
}

fragment entityLink on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  __typename
  entityId
  entityUuid
  urlAlias
  urlRedirect {
    toUrl
    id
  }
  application {
    entityId
    id
  }
  ... on Section {
    fullSectionPath {
      entityId
      id
    }
    parentSection
  }
  ...helpersAppBarVariantBase
  ...helpersApplicationBase
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusArticle
  ...helpersStyleSectionContent
}

fragment helpersAppBarVariantBase on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  ...helpersCheckIsLiveArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  ...helpersSectionContent
  ...helpersStyleSectionContent
}

fragment helpersApplicationBase on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusPage
}

fragment helpersCheckIfNewsSectionInFirstIndexSection on Section {
  name
}

fragment helpersCheckIsAmpEnabledArticle on Article {
  entityId
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  disableOffPlatformContent
  sponsorType
  published
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
}

fragment helpersCheckIsLiveArticle on Article {
  flattenTypeIds
  liveArticle {
    status
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsMainTopicContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPlusArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ... on Article {
    paywallTypes {
      entityUuid
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPlusPage on Page {
  urlAlias
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle on Article {
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle on Article {
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostiesPage on Page {
  urlAlias
}

fragment helpersCheckIsStyleArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersGetArticleTypeArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ... on Article {
    types {
      value {
        entityId
        id
      }
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter on Newsletter {
  entityId
  name
  alternativeName
  description {
    text
  }
  summary {
    text
  }
  homepageDescription {
    text
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizeArticleTypeEntityIdsArticle on Article {
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizeAuthorTypesArticle on Article {
  authors {
    types
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizedAuthorEntityIdsArticle on Article {
  authors {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersSectionContent on Section {
  fullSectionPath {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersStyleSectionContent on Section {
  fullSectionPath {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersUseContentSponsorContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    sponsor {
      ...sponsorTagSponsor
      name
      type
      id
    }
    id
  }
  ... on Article {
    sponsorType
  }
  ...helpersCheckIsMainTopicContent
}

fragment hooksArticleDateUtilsContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  createdDate
  publishedDate
  updatedDate
}

fragment hooksArticleSeoArticle on Article {
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  ...hooksContentHeadlineTagContent
  ...helpersCheckIsAmpEnabledArticle
  entityId
  headline
  socialHeadline
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  authors {
    entityId
    id
  }
  images {
    generic_og: style(filter: {style: "og_image_scmp_generic"}) {
      url
    }
    styles(filter: {styles: ["og_image_posties_article", "og_postmag", "og_image_style", "og_image_scmp_analysis", "og_image_scmp_explainer", "og_image_scmp_editorial", "og_image_scmp_fact_check", "og_image_scmp_debate", "og_image_scmp_live", "og_image_scmp_obituary", "og_image_scmp_opinion", "og_image_scmp_review", "og_image_scmp_series", "og_image_scmp_generic"]}) {
      url
      style
    }
    type
  }
  urlAlias
}

fragment hooksContentHeadlineTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  __typename
  ... on Article {
    types {
      value {
        name
        entityId
        description {
          text
        }
        id
      }
    }
    ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  }
  flag
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  ...hooksContentHelperContent
}

fragment hooksContentHelperContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...helpersSanitizeArticleTypeEntityIdsArticle
  ...helpersSanitizeAuthorTypesArticle
  ...helpersSanitizedAuthorEntityIdsArticle
  flag
}

fragment hooksPaywallPromiseContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
}

fragment hooksTrackPageViewArticle on Article {
  entityId
  publishedDate
  headline
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  urlAlias
  authors {
    name
    id
  }
  entityUuid
}

fragment imageContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  headline
  ...checkersCheckContentContainsStarlingImageContent
}

fragment inlineWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...contentNewsletterWidgetContent
}

fragment mainImagePrintArticleArticle on Article {
  images {
    title
    url
    isSlideshow
    size_652x446: style(filter: {style: "652x446"}) {
      url
    }
  }
}

fragment photoGalleryDialogContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  __typename
  ...contentShareWidgetContent
}

fragment photoGalleryWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...photoGalleryDialogContent
}

fragment scmpYoutubeContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  urlAlias
  publishedDate
}

fragment sponsorTagSponsor on Sponsor {
  name
  type
  images {
    url
  }
}


sections

types

disableOffPlatformContent

sponsorType

published

headline

socialHeadline

authors

images

publishedDate

updatedDate

summary

subHeadline

keywords

topics

readingTime

authorLocations

entityUuid

Umesh Bhagchandani

If you do a quick Google search on Hunter Moore you will see “webmaster” written below his name. But he is in fact far from it.
Netflix’s latest sensational docu series, The Most Hated Man on the Internet, takes a deep dive into the case of Moore, 36, a man who single-handedly created a revenge porn subculture with his website Is Anyone Up? in 2010, revealing the darker corners of the internet.


The documentary chronicles how one mum, Charlotte Laws, helped take down his despicable website that featured thousands of leaked nudes posted without the subjects’ consent – including Laws’ own daughter. She also helped put Moore behind bars.
So, where is the internet’s most-hated man today?
Who is Hunter Moore?

Although personal details are scarce, according to multiple reports, Moore was born in Sacramento, California, and attended Woodland High School where he dropped out at a young age.
The self-proclaimed “professional life-ruiner” is known for having no remorse for his actions and the ramifications on the victims. He told journalist Camille Dodero for The Village Voice back in 2012 that he did not care about the pain he caused. “I don’t see how I’m supposed to be sorry,” he said. Glamour also reported that he said it was “too much fun” taking people down.
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“If somebody killed themselves over that? Do you know how much money I’d make?” he said. “At the end of the day, I do not want anybody to hurt themselves. But if they do? Thank you for the money … The more traffic I’d have that day, I’m going to get paid for.”

As we learned from the docu series, Moore earned US$13,000 a month from advertisements during the exploitative website’s heyday. According to Forbes, he was also booked for DJ gigs and party appearances around the US.
Moore once compared himself to a modern-day Charles Manson, according to The Guardian.
Over-glorified by the media?

Moore claimed his site was in the legal free zone through the Communications Decency Act of 1996, which said websites were not accountable for user-submitted content, according to NBC News.
His Rolling Stone interview – where Netflix’s documentary title comes from – gave an inside look at his day-to-day life, thereby increasing Moore’s exposure and popularity. Meanwhile, Forbes titled its article about him as “Why we find Hunter Moore and his ‘identity porn’ site, Is Anyone Up?, so fascinating”.

The latter article further glorified his traits. “Moore is as willing to shed pretence and expose his capitalistic motives as the subjects on his site are willing to shed their clothes and expose their bodies. That’s why journalists love to interview him and people love to read about him (even as it makes their skin crawl),” the article reads.
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But as we saw in the documentary and his appearances on Anderson Cooper and Dr Drew’s talk shows, he unsurprisingly had some anger thrown at him too.
Where is Charlotte Laws now?

The real superhero in this Netflix series is Laws. The tenacious mum who took down Moore worked as a “celebrity chaser” previously and had published her secrets in the 1988 book Meet the Stars.
Laws also holds two master’s degrees – one in professional writing and the other in social ethics – as well as a PhD in social ethics, according to her website. She is also a former actress and magazine cover girl. She has performed as a stand-up comic at The Comedy Store, too.
The anti-revenge porn activist continued to shed light on the issue and had even met with state and federal legislators to create laws to protect future victims of the subculture. In 2013, she gave testimony before the California State Senate in favour of a law to support victims of non-consensual pornography, reports Newsweek.
She had also worked as BBC news contributor and news analyst and revealed in her memoir that she once dated Tom Jones when she was 18.
What happened to Moore’s website?

Originally, Moore created the website to be used for clubbing, according to Esquire. He then posted a naked photo of a girl he was dating. After it generated over 14,000 views the next week, he decided to pursue it even more.
The website quickly became the go-to site for vengeful ex-partners to post pictures of their exes – some even posting pictures of themselves. The website became even more dangerous when subjects’ full names, professions, social media profiles and cities of residence were leaked alongside their photos.
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You just had to be there 🤷 pic.twitter.com/bqJZRUtsFm
— Hunter Moore (@_iamhuntermoore) March 1, 2021

As seen in the documentary, Moore also cooperated with Charles Evans to hack into people’s computers and post their private pictures to his site.
Over the course of 16 months, the malicious website had an estimated 350,000 unique users a day, and earned up to US$30,000 a month in advertising revenue.

However, the most bizarre consequence of the website was perhaps the cultlike following that cropped up around Moore, who called themselves “The Family”, per British media. His fan base even sent death threats to Laws and her daughter Kayla during the former’s three-year campaign to bring Moore to justice.
In 2012, Moore’s website was finally forced to shut down, with Moore being investigated by the FBI. Former Marine James McGibney bought the site and redirected the URL to his anti-bullying resource BullyVille.com.

McGibney also asked Moore to formally apologise to the victims, which he did – but not long after, he blew up at McGibney on Twitter and accused him of being a paedophile. McGibney successfully sued Moore and received US$250,000 in 2013.
The former Marine wrote an open letter about the incident. “Sometimes you need to be a bully to beat a bully, and I’m the first to admit that I intellectually bullied the ever-loving s*** out of you [Moore],” McGibney said. “Your main stated objective was to ‘ruin’ young girls’ lives. You tried to destroy their lives, but instead, I intellectually destroyed yours. You received a masterclass in the fine art of social engineering.”
So where is Moore today?

In February 2015, Moore was taken in by the FBI. He pleaded guilty to felony charges for aggravated identity theft and aiding and abetting in the unauthorised access of a computer.
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He was sentenced to two years and six months in prison and a US$2,000 fine. Moore was released from jail in May 2017 after his sentence was reduced by his participation in a Residential Drug Abuse Program, he told federal prison consultant Dan Wise in a 2018 interview, reported USA Today.

According to Esquire, he now enjoys being a crypto gym bro and is reportedly back on Twitter (although he is banned from Facebook).
“Look guys, I did my time behind bars. Living my life peacefully now, it’s been a decade about what happened. Some of you loves [sic] me, most of you hates me, if you want me to apologise well I wouldn’t. I don’t owe anyone anything,” he wrote.

His presumed Twitter account is filled with selfies, random “is anyone up” tweets and he’s even mentioned the Netflix docu. He tweeted in July: “I really want to make Twitter fun again but cancel culture revolution thing and people are way to sensitive now [sic].”
Moore published a book Is Anyone Up in 2018 and bragged that he is not remotely sorry for what he did back then. Indeed, he is probably – and understandably – the most-hated man on the internet.
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Where is Hunter Moore, The Most Hated Man on the Internet, now? Netflix’s latest villain was released from jail in 2017, sold website Is Anyone Up? and has written a book – but he’s still not sorry

Hunter Moore is the ruthless brains behind Is Anyone Up? an exploitative website leaking nudes that was shut down in 2012. Photo: @_iamhuntermoore/Twitter

Netflix’s new three-part documentary chronicles the downfall of one recklessly wicked webmaster, Hunter Moore, who created a website filled with nudes posted without the subjects’ consent. Photo: Netflix

Hunter Moore in The Most Hated Man on the Internet. Photo: Netflix/TNS

Hunter Moore has no remorse for his actions. Photo: @_iamhuntermoore/Twitter

Hunter Moore once had an interview with Rolling Stone. Photo: @iamhuntermoore/Instagram

Hunter Moore popularised the horrific act of “revenge porn”. Photo: @_iamhuntermoore/Twitter

Charlotte Laws helped to take down Hunter Moore. Photo: Netflix

Hunter Moore ended up selling his domain to an anti-bullying website. Photo: @_iamhuntermoore/Twitter

Hunter Moore acquired a cultlike following. Photo: @_iamhuntermoore/Twitter

Hunter Moore eventually apologised for his actions … sort of. Photo: @_iamhuntermoore/Twitter

Hunter Moore was sentenced to two years and six months in prison with just a US$2,000 fine. Photo: @_iamhuntermoore/Twitter

Hunter Moore was released from prison in 2017. Photo: @_iamhuntermoore/Twitter

Hunter Moore still says he won’t apologise to this day. Photo: @_iamhuntermoore/Twitter

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Netflix’s docuseries The Most Hated Man on the Internet chronicles the shocking creation of exploitative site Is Anyone Up? founded solely by Hunter Moore
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Dubbed The Most Hated Man on the Internet for popularising an exploitative website, now Netflix has released the full story about him – but where is Hunter Moore today?
