Emma Watson nude pic threat viral marketing hoax

Probably to the disappointment of many  (vile creatures), the perpetrators of a site threatening to publish stolen images of Emma Watson have been uncovered.

It was all a hoax, developed by Rantic Media to mutilate online forum 4Chan, who originally featured naked pictures of celebrities that were hacked from their iCloud accounts. 

The website, called Emmayouarenext.com, went viral in days and received substantial media coverage for its threatening strap-line towards Watson which said: “Never Forget, The Biggest To Come Thus Far”.

According to Rantic, a social media marketing enterprise, the site accumulated over 48 million page hits and 7 million Facebook shares.

The site was designed to expose 4Chan’s illegitimacy and call upon leaders to take action.

After counting down to the ‘big reveal’ of Watson’s nude outing, the site now directs users to Rantic’s main page, were an open letter to Barack Obama demands action.

The open letter reads: “Dear Barack Obama, we have been hired by celebrity publicists to bring this disgusting issue to attention. The recent 4chan celebrity nude leaks in the past two months have been an invasion of privacy and is also clear indication that the internet NEEDS to be censored.

“Every Facebook like, share and Twitter mention will count as a social signature – and will be one step closer to shutting down www.4chan.org.”

Rantic took to social battle ground, Twitter, to opening declare war upon 4Chan.

Dear humans, In the digital age we have a new kind of terror going on and it is called 4chan,Help us take down the terrorist group 4chan.

— Rantic (@RanticMarketing) September 24, 2014