Prostate foundation rejects cash from Reddit users feeling guilty over Jennifer Lawrence pics

[demmiblue]

Source: Raw Story

A philanthropic group has rejected donations from a fundraising campaign taken up by Reddit users in the wake of their sharing hacked nude photos of celebrities, the Daily Dot reported.

The Prostate Cancer Foundation had reportedly received more than $6,000 from Redditors, as site users are known, who subscribed to a thread connected to the distribution of pictures of actresses like Jennifer Lawrence (pictured above), Mary Elizabeth Winstead and others. “Reddit The Fappening,” as the thread is called, was listed as the foundation’s top fundraiser before the donation was rebuffed.

“We would never condone raising funds for cancer research in this manner,” the foundation said in a statement on its website. “Out of respect for everyone involved and in keeping with our own standards, we are returning all donations that resulted from this post.”

Lawrence contacted authorities after the photos, allegedly hacked from iCloud accounts, began proliferating online. Agence France-Presse reported on Tuesday that Apple attributed the thefts to “targeted attacks” and not a breach of iCloud security measures.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/02/prostate-foundation-rejects-cash-from-reddit-users-feeling-guilty-over-jennifer-lawrence-pics/

[TDale313]

1. Good.

It struck me as incredibly creepy, even if I support the cause they were donating to.

[NuclearDem]

2. Good.

What a goddamn sick joke those redditors tried to pull.

[kcr]

3. Leave it to Redditers to make a donation compaign so creepy and awful

that the recipient can't accept it. Good for the foundation for not taking it.

[xfundy]

4. Childish publicity stunt.

But based on *some* current, but early, scientific evidence, crudely misused and laffed up.

Men who ejaculate often do seem to have lower incidence of prostate cancer, according to some studies.