Melanie minichino hacked photos 4chan

The news Friday that hackers released at least 100,000 Snapshot photos, including underage nude photos, onto the infamous chat forum 4chan raises the question of who will be punished for this latest violation.

The release comes after hackers stole celebrities' nude photos, which were reposted on a Reddit thread called "The Fappening." Reddit and 4chan are both providing a forum for hackers to violate the privacy of celebrities, and now, private individuals through the hack known as "the Snappening."

But there's a US that may protect Reddit and 4chan from getting sued over some of these images, as Esquire has noted.

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act provides immunity from liability for websites that publish information that's provided by other parties. (Hunter Moore, the man behind a notorious