The word “humiliation” is repeated many times in The most hated man on the internet, the documentary in three parts of Netflix. It is pronounced by the victims who, in fact, are the focus of the narrative and who recount the chilling journey to justice that they had to endure. But also, the authorities who helped them achieve it, the relatives who supported them and the specialists who analyze a new type of violence.
The Netflix documentary narrates a new type of violence. It also shows the perception of the blank spaces — legal and social — that allow their existence. and although is more ambitious than effectivewithout a doubt it is a powerful argument against a type of mistreatment and abuse that is still confusing.
Where does the right to privacy begin and end today? What is the limit between the democratization of the media and a version of the intimate in a world that tends to overexposure? The most hated man on the internet All of the above is questioned through the figure of Hunter Moore, creator of the most famous revenge porn website: IsSomeoneUp.
The most hated man on the internet
In 2010, Hunter Moore became the most visible face of Internet abuse, harassment and violence. The creator of the IsSomeoneUp website, which hosted and spread revenge porn, became a shadowy symbol of a new form of abuse. The three-episode Netflix miniseries shows the fight against what the culture of violence that Moore represents. Also, how the virtual world can become a terrifying and uncharted terrain. A disturbing and raw version of virtuality as a dangerous terrain.
The most hated man on the internetit’s a horror story
What started as a space about bands and alternative music became the ideal place for revenge porn. At first, they were sporadic publications. But suddenly IsSomeoneUp was more than just a website. It was him ideal place to embarrass, humiliate, belittle and even subjecting hundreds of millions of victims to a selective type of abuse.
As if that were not enough, it became in a matter of months a reference for the publication of private content with denigrating and intimidating purposes. A form of retaliation and direct revenge that, in addition, was protected by anonymity and the legal inability to prove a similar crime.
Everything, while Hunter Moore, the visible head, showed off his impunity and also, the conviction that he would never suffer any punishment. In fact, one of the points that highlights The most hated man on the internet it is how Moore gloated in his power to exercise control and violence against his victims. A circumstance that extended to several dimensions of abuse, all of them very serious.
The horrors of a world without rules
The most hated man on the internet It tells how a web page became the ideal medium for the invasion of privacy. Also, the way in which virtuality denatured its hyperlinked objective to become a threat. Even more worrying, how the virtual world is advancing faster than the legal framework.
A perception that the first chapter analyzes in depth. It also makes it clear that the online space is still unknown territory and full of inconsistencies. As Kayla Laws discovered upon finding one of her private photos as part of IsSomeoneUp’s extensive collection.
For Kayla it was a terrifying surprise, as she tells in The most hated man on the internet. The victim never shared the image anywhere and only sent it to your personal email. Which showed that Moore did more than run a website. He was also involved in fraudulent activities of hacking and hacking of personal resources. Laws began a solitary investigation that would lead him to discover that he was not the only victim of similar situations. At the same time, Hunter Moore had built a web of violence so vast and complex as to be monstrous.
An invisible crime The most hated man on the internet
Not only because of its huge collection of private photos, shared and viralized without any hindrance. Also because on the page you could often find a virtual trace of the victims that made them an object of persecution. From social media profiles to real addresses.
IsSomeoneUp accumulated sensitive and dangerous material that turned victims into the center of a type of large-scale aggression. One that became increasingly dangerous, complicated and painful each time Moore was found to be impossible to indict. Or at least that there was a loophole wide enough to favor him. That is, until Kayla and her mother Charlotte decided to confront the threat on their own turf. Precisely what they narrate in The most hated man on the internet.
A battle on the internet, in the courts and in the end, a total triumph
The most hated man on the internet it is more than just a careful tour of the real danger of abusing the resources of the virtual world. It is also the recognition of the power of the victims. The documentary it makes it clear that most of what it will show is a fictional version of a larger event, but it celebrates the fight against violence. Especially in delving into how Kayla and Charlotte Laws battled Moore’s seeming total power.
One of the most surprising points The most hated man on the internet it is the precise idea that there is a trait of heroism in the performance of mother and daughter. However, at the same time, it explores the perception of how the joint work of victims and their families actually achieved success. For when the FBI intervened in what was a set of crimes against identity and integrity, the amount of evidence obtained was overwhelming. It was a daunting, gargantuan job at times, and one that withstood the pressure of Moore’s constant threats. As well as the group of aggressive and often fanatical supporters that surrounded the assailant.
In some points, The most hated man on the internet analyzes the implications of the conviction of the necessity of justice. Also, the need to examine and understand the root of a type of threat that needs to be unraveled at its root. For its last chapter, and after Moore was sentenced for a ridiculous amount of time, the documentary silently asks itself a question. How to stop similar situations if the internet seems the right place to allow it? A chilling thought that is undoubtedly the most uncomfortable lesson left in its wake The most hated man on the internet.