Review the exchange in Section 3.8.7 between Hunter Moore, creator of a Web site featuring revenge porn, and one of the women whose image had appeared on the site without her permission. Who has the more compelling argument? Why? If you could ask Hunter Moore a follow-up question, what would it be? If you could ask the woman a follow-up question, what would it be?

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3.8.7 Revenge Porn The Collins English Dictionary defines revenge porn to be "a pornographic image or film which is published, posted (e.g., on the Internet), or otherwise circulated without the consent of one or more of the participants, usually with malicious and vindictive intent, such as following a break-up" [103). Revenge porn is a special case of cyberbullying. The Web site Is Anyone Upt, launched in 2010 by Hunter Moore, quickly became a magnet for revenge porn submissions, significantly raising the visibility of this issue. Moore appeared on the talk show Anderson, along with two women whose images had appeared on the site without their permission. When asked by Anderson Cooper whether he felt bad about what he had done "to these two women." Moore replied to the women, "No one put a gun to your head and made you take these pictures. It's 2011; everything's on the Internet" [104]. One of the women responded, "If we're choosing to