Overview

• The Polizia Postale executed a decree from the Rome prosecutor’s office to take down the phica.eu/phica.net domains, which are now inaccessible.
• Investigators will extract images and comments to identify those potentially responsible for crimes such as unlawful diffusion of intimate images and defamation.
• ANSA reported a search at the home of the identified administrator, Vittorio Vitiello, who is not listed as under investigation.
• The forum had operated since 2005 and, according to Il Fatto Quotidiano, amassed nearly a million registered men and more than ten million posts.
• Site administrators had announced a shutdown in late August following numerous complaints by victims, including some public figures.