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IsAnybodyDown? was a controversial revenge porn website founded by Craig Brittain and Chance Trahan where users could anonymously upload nude photographs along with information identifying the person in the photograph (including full names, addresses, phone numbers, and Facebook screenshots). The site also contained a section of nude photographs titled "Anonymous Bounty", where users were offered "free stuff" if they could provide the Facebook or Twitter information of any of the people pictured. In concept, the website recapitulated the now-defunct Is Anyone Up?, which was shut down in April 2012, shortly before an FBI investigation into the propriety of the site.
The activities of the website and the operators were investigated by the US FTC, who found that when women contacted the website or Craig Brittain citing the potential harms to their careers and reputations or unwelcome contact from strangers, the site did not respond to the women’s requests to remove the information. In an FTC administrative complaint, the FTC alleges that the site advertised content removal services under the name “Takedown Hammer” and “Takedown Lawyer” that could delete consumers’ images and content from the site in exchange for a payment of $200 to $500. Despite presenting these as third-party services, the complaint alleges that the sites for these services were owned and operated by Craig Brittain. Marc Randazza, a prominent First Amendment lawyer, compiled evidence that the two sites are part of the same operation. He offered to take the case of anyone whose images were displayed on IsAnybodyDown without permission.
Under a settlement announced in January 2015 by the Federal Trade Commission, Brittain is banned from sharing nude videos or photos of non-consenting subjects and must delete the images and personal information he had collected. The FTC said that Brittain had posted explicit photos and information of over 1,000 people. After various news agencies reported on the FTC settlement, Brittain complained that photos of him were being used without his permission and sent a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) take down to Google objecting to 23 articles remaining in their search rankings. He said that the links were examples of “unauthorised use of photos of me and other related information”.