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"A controversial website that encouraged people to post intimate pictures of ex-lovers has shut down, and its domain name sold to an anti-bullying group.  Over the past year, IsAnyoneUp.com had attracted widespread criticism for encouraging users to send in compromising photos of ex-girlfriends and ex-boyfriends. As the site included the victim&amp;#039;s full name and links to their social networking profiles, it was accused of fuelling online bullying as subjects were often ridiculed and even had to shut down their online profiles.  At its peak, IsAnyoneUp.com is said to have attracted more than 300,000 hits a day - earning its creator Hunter Moore up to $20,000 a month from advertising revenues. Moore also used the IsAnyoneUp.com brand to sell merchandise and promote club nights, and consistently refused any attempts by people to have photos of them taken down from the site. But the 26-year-old said that he has taken the decision to shut down the site in order to &amp;quot;stand up for under-age bullying&amp;quot;. BullyVille, the new owner of IsAnyoneUp.com, said that the website &amp;quot;served no public good [and] that is why it is offline&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;There are millions of women and men who are thankful that IsAnyoneUp.com is no longer online,&amp;quot; said BullyVille founder James McGibney in a blog post. &amp;quot;Lawyers and massive companies have tried unsuccessfully to remove it from the Internet. BullyVille was able to work with Hunter to get this done. Telling someone that they&amp;#039;re doing something wrong but refusing to help them make it right doesn&amp;#039;t solve anyone&amp;#039;s problem. &amp;quot;Through cooperation, though, the problem of IsAnyoneUp.com is now solved. In its place, BullyVille.com will exist to help people who are being bullied solve their problems through cooperation and thoughtfulness, rather than abuse.&amp;quot; Anyone visiting IsAnyoneUp.com is now redirected to the BullyVille website.  McGibney said that Moore had been &amp;quot;misguided&amp;quot; over the site, but also insisted that he is &amp;quot;very astute and socially observant&amp;quot;.  &amp;quot;His ability to not only capture the attention of young people, but to spur them into action as well, is truly unique in an era where social media makes it so easy to be a passive consumer of information,&amp;quot; said McGibney. &amp;quot;After spending some time with him, Hunter realised that IsAnyoneUp.com became the same exact bullying he created the site to retaliate against.&amp;quot; McGibney also operates the CheaterVille.com website, which warns people of &amp;quot;predatory individuals&amp;quot; who use online dating sites to find &amp;quot;innocent victims&amp;quot;. It has also faced allegations of enabling online bullying.  &amp;quot;The dating market is a marketplace like any other, and it is improved by information - including data on people who claim they are single when they are in fact married, have kids, or in some instances, conceal an STD,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m sure I will have to deal with public blowback just as much as Hunter will.&amp;quot; In a statement on the BullyVille website, Moore said that he could not longer deal with the &amp;quot;drama&amp;quot; of users submitting content on IsAnyoneUp.com involving under-age subjects, prompting him to shut down the site.  &amp;quot;The site was a blessing for me and still is, but I am burned out and I honestly can&amp;#039;t take another under-age kid getting submitted and having to go through the process of reporting it and dealing with all the legal drama of that situation,&amp;quot; he said.  Moore, who has a lifetime ban on Facebook, also announced a new project, called We Party For A Cause, which he claimed will organise events and raise money for charity. &amp;gt; O2 ordered to name &amp;#039;porn pirates&amp;#039; &amp;gt; Porn site Digital Playground hacked, personal data stolen "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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