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Predators Watch and Potential Prostitues are registered in October 2012. The site claims that is has successfully defended lawsuits against itself in U.S. courts of law, but lawyer author at Popehat Kenneth White claims that this is impossible within this time frame. He says this is typical of these kinds of sites.[3][4] Sister site Potential Prostitutes got mentioned in the Daily Mail.[5] Kenneth White also says "Moreover, Section 230 is not a defense to criminal charges. Extortion is a crime in many states, and a federal crime to the extent it uses interstate communication. Similarly, to the extent the site makes deliberately false statements of fact to extort money, its purveyors may have committed fraud, which is both a state and federal crime." Gizmodo claims that this site "is designed exclusively to shame women in the name of fake puritanism, they will demand $100 from the abuse victim before taking down the file." [6]
Many who claim to be innocent victims of Predators Watch have filed complaints on consumer report and anti-fraud websites, such as Ripoff Report and Scam Book. These individuals claim that Predators Watch is an extortion and blackmailing website that scours the internet –targeting contact information-laden websites like Craigslist-- for anyone who has publicly shared their picture, name, phone number, and/or e-mail address.[7][8][9] These individuals also report that Predators Watch harvests their information from such websites; their information is included in its directory before they are given an e-mail notification that they must pay the online fee, should they want their information permanently removed from the directory that appears on internet search engines.[10] Many have considered taking legal action and vehemently advocate the termination of the website.[11] The creators of Predators Watch previously had a similar website, Potential Predators. They also have an affiliate website for the anonymous reporting of alleged prostitutes, Potential Prostitutes.[12][13][14][15][14][16]
The administrative contact is listed as Gottfrid Svartholm of PRQ Inet KB, a Stockholm based company but it is not obvious he is associated with the site.[17] The hosting is supplied by CyberBunker, a Netherlands based datacenter.
Many who claim to be innocent victims of Predators Watch have filed complaints on consumer report and anti-fraud websites, such as Ripoff Report and Scam Book. These individuals claim that Predators Watch is an extortion and blackmailing website that scours the internet –targeting contact information-laden websites like Craigslist-- for anyone who has publicly shared their picture, name, phone number, and/or e-mail address.[7][8][9] These individuals also report that Predators Watch harvests their information from such websites; their information is included in its directory before they are given an e-mail notification that they must pay the online fee, should they want their information permanently removed from the directory that appears on internet search engines.[10] Many have considered taking legal action and vehemently advocate the termination of the website.[11] The creators of Predators Watch previously had a similar website, Potential Predators. They also have an affiliate website for the anonymous reporting of alleged prostitutes, Potential Prostitutes.[12][13][14][15][14][16]
The administrative contact is listed as Gottfrid Svartholm of PRQ Inet KB, a Stockholm based company but it is not obvious he is associated with the site.[17] The hosting is supplied by CyberBunker, a Netherlands based datacenter.
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