A man posted fake profiles on Yahoo! containing nude photos of his ex-girlfriend, her email address, and work telephone number. Barnes demanded that Yahoo remove the "fauxfiles". Now she's suing the company because she says they ignored her requests. From the Associated Press:
The former boyfriend also engaged in online discussions in Yahoo chat rooms while posing as Barnes and directing men to the profiles, the lawsuit claims.
"Due to these profiles and online chats, unknown men would arrive without warning at plaintiff's work expecting to engage in sexual relations with her," the lawsuit claims.
UPDATE: According to a lengthier version of this article, the lawsuit claims that Yahoo! promised to remove the profiles when they got word in March that the story was about to break on TV but then didn't follow through. From that version of the story:
Federal law broadly protects Internet service providers from being sued over information placed there by third parties. But once Yahoo! officials agreed to help Barnes, they had a legal duty under Oregon law to follow through, (Barnes's attorney Thomas R.) Rask said. Link
