El hombre más odiado de internet

This documentary highlights the sad and unsettling reality that there are disturbed people who are completely not in touch with reality and will exploit anyone for personal attention. It is shocking that the legal framework is unable to protect innocent people.

First of all, kudos to Charlotte Laws, James McGibney, the supportive FBI officer, and "Anonymous" for taking down the vicious internet criminal Hunter Moore and his horrific exploits. The incidents from 2011-12 are recalled with their fair share of chilling cyber terror, and the makers thoroughly stand behind the victims. While few of the perspectives are skewed (such as the pornstar who repeatedly kept pandering to Moore's demands and the ex-girlfriend who couldn't see through Moore's nasty personality) to add greyness, the right folks get all the screen-time.

There are some thrilling, goosebump-inducing moments such as when Moore's website suddenly redirects to an anti-bullying campaign instead, when he gets confronted by Laws in a live TV show, and when you learn the the pro-active methodology by which a bunch of white-hat hackers take Moore down. While laws still need to be rewritten to protect people's internet privacies, the makers are subtly asking us not to be easy pickings for such dubious individuals to take undue advantage. To summarize, even a vile, powerful internet bully can't tie the shoes of a parent who sought justice for her young daughter.

P. S: That endnote (on Moore's involvement in the documentary) was fabulous!

My friends told me this this was coming up. As someone who's nudes were also stolen (hacked), put on that website, and harassed through social media for months, the documentary did a very good job in recreating and showing the nightmare that many of us had to live through when he was up and going. People forget that back then, camera phones had limited memory. People also forget that early iPhones could only send media through email. There was no cloud and people stored photos in email.

IAU was all fun and games until you were on it. Your phone number, address, and social media linked. You were constantly flooded with messages to kill yourself.

Most people aren't familiar with how big this got.

Although I won't watch this again, I'd recommend this to watch so everyone can become familiar with one of the darkest times of the internet.

The reviews for this documentary are very telling - so many dismissing the victims as whiney, or victim blaming, or disbelief that they were hacked, despite the FBI proving this to be the case. I've seen a few documentaries recently that suggest the world is better for women than it was 10-20 years ago - these reviews suggest otherwise. It's unbelievable the attempts to deflect from the real issue here - the innate misogyny amongst some men, and the way some behave when they believe they can. That's an alarming thing and an important lesson.

Unlike the posters here mocking the mother, and some even saying she and Hunter were as bad as each other (no, no they weren't), she's the best I've seen in a documentary for a long time. Yes, she's wealthy and had the time. But she did what many would not have done - after the situation was resolved for her daughter, she continued to gather evidence and support victims and raise it with the FBI and journalists and anyone who would listen. We need more people with that kind of dedication. We definitely need fewer people like Hunter and his fans.

I've tried to write 5 reviews and it keeps telling me it's not long enough even though it's like 12 lines long! Last try! The documentary was well done, short and had good information. I still have a few questions at the end but it was interesting. The main guy is a horrible narcissist who is still getting and loving the attention which is infuriating. Those poor girls (and guys). I don't understand for the life of me why so many people liked him?? And would do anything for him? I also don't get the short sentence he got and the fact that america doesn't have any proper revenge porn laws! Anyway I'm going to keep writing in hopes that my review will be accepted and long enough this time. Wish me luck!