Celebrities threaten to sue Google for $100 million over stolen nude photos

Celebrities threaten to sue Google for $100 million over stolen nude photos
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An attorney representing more than a dozen celebrities who had nude photos stolen from their iCloud accounts and posted online over the past several weeks sent Google a letter Wednesday threatening a $100 million lawsuit.

Lawyer Martin D. Singer argued that Google is exhibiting "despicable, reprehensible conduct in not only failing to act expeditiously and responsibly to remove the images, but in knowingly accommodating, facilitating, and perpetuating the unlawful conduct." He added that Google has not been removing the stolen photos fast enough, pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, The Hollywood Reporter says.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.