Ever since the very first viral sex tape, the internet has seen tons of others.
One after another, more and more sex tapes have been leaked, intentionally or not.
And when it comes to celebrities and their personal lives, one of the most notorious websites on the web that exaggerates and ridicules celebrities' mistakes, is Celeb Jihad, a website that mainly features softcore celebrity porn.
Founded in 2010 by an individual known under the pseudonym "Durka Durka Mohammad" a fictitious terrorist whose goal is "destroying the poisonous celebrity culture" of America, the website even creates fake content just for the fun of it.
And indeed it succeeds attracting a significant, and targeted audience.
It didn't take long since its founding, that Celeb Jihad became one of those places on the web that attract lawsuits and even more legal battles.
Celeb Jihad is infamous for publishing explicit content involving celebrities.
The website started around in 2008, but it only came to the spotlight after it posted topless photos of singer Taylor Swift in 2011.
Because the website's activities led to various privacy concerns, as many of the images and videos were obtained without the consent of the individuals involved, the websites have received a number of legal actions from celebrities themselves and their representatives, citing invasion of privacy, defamation, and copyright infringement.
Some celebrities have taken legal measures to have their images removed from the site.
Controversies surrounding Celeb Jihad doesn't stop there, because if a content doesn't exist, the website isn't stopping just there, and instead create new images through manipulations.
So not only that Celeb Jihad has been accused of invading people's privacy, because it's also accused of altering images to create scandalous and misleading narratives about celebrities, further adding to the controversies and legal issues.
Due to the sensationalized and controversial nature of its content, and how it successfully managed to attract the attentions of celebrities themselves, Celeb Jihad is one of the small number of satirical places on the web with significant cultural impact.
One of the famous cases the website has been involved with, was with Andy Sullivan, a Brooklyn construction worker and vocal opponent of Park51, the proposed mosque near the Ground Zero site.
Sullivan rallied mosque protesters in a protest against singer Justin Bieber for the comments he made about the 9/11 attacks in an issue of a popular teen magazine.
In it, the singer stated that "ground zero is now my second favorite place in the world for obvious reasons."
"Muslims should be allowed to build a mosque anywhere they want," the singer said. "Coming from Canada, I’m not used to this level of intolerance."”
Bieber went on to say that Muslims are "super cool," and that Christians are "lame-o-rama," and that the mosque will help "start a dialogue" with all religions about which Bieber song is the most awesome.
"I was like seven when September 11th went down, and frankly I’m surprised people are still going on about it. Move on, already!"
"Everyone needs to just chillax and dance!" the singer added.
Sullivan was so furious that he even banned his children from hanging posters of Justin Bieber, or allowing them to attend his performances.
It was only later, that it was realized that the interview was fabricated.
Bieber never spoke about Park51, and never did he commented about Ground Zero being his favorite place to visit.
Bieber and his representatives denied that he made any such statement, and everything the singer was accused of, was a lie.
It was only after this, that Sullivan realized that the image he was furious about, was actually a satirical work from Celeb Jihad.
The proprietor of the site confirmed that the article was in fact a hoax.
Other celebrities that filed legal actions against the website, include Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Watson, Miley Cyrus, and Kaley Cuoco.
More include Selena Gomez, Gal Gadot, Saraya-Jade Bevis, Kylie Jenner, Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian, and more.
"While we appreciate Megan Fox's concern for her image, we find it hard to believe that a woman who spent two Transformers movies bent over with her breasts pressed together could have her reputation damaged by a blatantly satirical website," a spokesperson once said about Megan Fox.
"Kate Upton is a woman, and thus livestock. She has no legal rights under Shariah law. A perfect analogy would be a cow trying to sue a dairy farmer for pinching her teats," the spokesperson said of Kate Upton.
"Amanda's vile photos were emitting too many [demons] and infesting our holy Islamic website. We have replaced them with much more halal nude photos of her which were no doubt taken before she was defiled by the micropenis of actor Justin Long," the editor of the website once said about Amanda Seyfried.
Sometimes, in many of its initial responses, a spokesperson for Celeb Jihad would tell that they would delete the photos if the person who has her nude images posted "agrees to convert to Islam."
While the website has received far more complaints than most other of its kind, and has also received legal actions and criticism from various celebrities and their representatives, the website still stands.
This happened due to the sensitive nature of these incidents, legal proceedings, and the fact that the website has always been a satirical website.
The website describes itself as "a satirical website containing published rumors, speculation, assumptions, opinions, fiction as well as factual information."
What happens here is that, resolutions may vary.
And to make it even less likely to be taken down, Celeb Jihad is registered by an individual not using his/her real name, using a non-existent address, and may have the site hosted elsewhere.
What this means, a subpoena may not be viable.
Celeb Jihad simply squeezed and took the void left by forums and pornographic websites, and benefit from a larger conversation about privacy, ethics, and the impact of digital media on celebrity culture.
So here, Celeb Jihad still stands because the issues it caused are not isolated incidents but rather symptoms of something much bigger.
Celeb Jihad's publication of explicit content without consent highlights the darker side of celebrity culture, where personal boundaries are often crossed in the pursuit of sensationalism.
And this is where Celeb Jihad stands as a controversial player in the realm of celebrity media, thriving by balancing free speech and journalism.