Jennifer's photographs have been taken down
Reddit have FINALLY made a move to stop the continued spread of Jennifer Lawrence's stolen naked snaps.
The site, which had an online forum named "The Fappening", was one of the main places the hacked nudes were being posted and the website has now banned the page, six days after the photographs of the Hunger Games star first surfaced.
It is thought the main reason bosses have finally pulled down the forum is NOT because of the J-Law snaps, but because photographs of Olympian McKayla Maroney which were also posted on the site are believed to show her underage.
Reddit CEO Yishani Wong said it came down to a "free speech issue" and it wasn't because of pressure from any of the stars who had their images leaked in the scandal, including model Kate Upton and actress Kirsten Dunst.
He described Reddit as "the Government of a new type of community" rather than a company running a website, according to Recode.
Jennifer was among the victims of the hacking scandal
In a blog post, Wong also wrote: "While current US law does not prohibit (Reddit) linking to stolen materials, we deplore the theft of these images and we do not condone their widespread distribution.
"Nevertheless, Reddit’s platform is structurally based on the ability for people to distribute, promote, and highlight textual materials as well as links to images and other media.
"We understand the harm that misusing our site does to the victims of this theft, and we deeply sympathize."
The snaps, which show Jennifer naked in various poses, wearing some lingerie, were first shared on anonmous websites AnonIB and 4Chan after the star's iCloud account was allegedly hacked.
She is among more than 100 female victims in the what is being described as the "biggest showbiz hacking scandal" and anyone who shares the images could be prosecuted.
Jennifer's photographs have now been removed from Reddit
Wong continued: "We uphold the ideal of free speech on Reddit as much as possible not because we are legally bound to, but because we believe that you - the user - has the right to choose between right and wrong, good and evil, and that it is your responsibility to do so.
"When you know something is right, you should choose to do it.
'But as much as possible, we will not force you to do it.'
Wong also made it clear in his statement that Reddit, owned by Advance Publications, which also owns Vogue publisher Condé Nast, does not plan to change its policies because of the hacking scandal.