From 2010 to 2012, Hunter Moore and his revenge porn site, IsAnyoneUp.com, operated with impunity, sharing X-rated photos and videos of strangers, often without their consent. Then one day, Moore’s site posted a stolen nude image of former Los Angeles politician Charlotte Laws’ daughter. Laws began a crusade to fight back against Moore and his site, a journey chronicled in The Most Hated Man on the Internet, a new three-part documentary series from director Rob Miller. Laws’ work called others to action, sparking a series of events that would eventually lead to Moore’s site being taken down and sold. Below, read more about the people responsible for ending IsAnyoneUp’s brief but harmful stint on the internet — and the people brave enough to share their stories in the documentary.
Laws is an intimate imagery abuse activist who initiated the takedown of IsAnyoneUp and its owner, Hunter Moore. Laws started an anonymous blog to expose the evils of IsAnyoneUp after discovering nude photos of her daughter, Kayla, on the site. In the aftermath, she’s helped pass laws against intimate imagery abuse in 48 states across the US.
McGibney is an ex-Marine, web entrepreneur and anti-bullying activist. When McGibney discovered IsAnyoneUp, he was enraged by its content and decided to trick Moore to give up control of the site. He became an advertising partner for the site, convincing Moore he was on board with exposing people without their consent. In reality, McGibney just wanted to access private details about the site for leverage to persuade Moore to sell IsAnyoneUp to him, so he could then take the site offline and change it to an anti-bullying resource.
Kirkpatrick is a former FBI agent who investigated the cyber-hacking accusations made against Hunter Moore. After months of hunting, Kirkpatrick was able to determine how the victims in this story were hacked: A Facebook phishing scheme gave the hacker access to emails, which then locked victims out of their accounts. Kirkpatrick identified an IP address that belonged to a hacker named Charlie Evens. Eventually, Kirkpatrick was able to provide concrete proof that Moore had commissioned Evens to hack people’s computers and posted their images without their consent. (In 2015, Moore and Evens each pleaded guilty to felony counts of aggravated identity theft and unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information for purposes of private financial gain, and both were sentenced to more than two years of prison time.)
Morris is a senior writer at Rolling Stone. In 2012, she wrote a profile of Moore for the magazine, whose headline dubbed Moore “The Most Hated Man on the Internet.”
Dodero is a freelance journalist. In 2012, as a staff writer for The Village Voice, Dodero wrote a profile of Moore titled “Hunter Moore Makes a Living Screwing You.” She continued to cover Moore’s public downfall until 2013.
Hughes is a model and Moore’s ex-girlfriend. The pair dated when Moore’s website was growing in popularity and beyond. Hughes shares a bit about her relationship with Moore in The Most Hated Man on the Internet, giving insight into just how callous his approach was in running IsAnyoneUp.
