Man sued over postings from fake sex advert

KIRKLAND, Wash. — Jason Fortuny says it was all about curiosity and he never meant to get such graphic replies. But his 2006 social experiment has left him defending himself against a federal lawsuit.

At first glance, the posting looked like any number of online ads explicitly seeking sex. But the ad on Craigslist purporting to be from a 27-year-old woman with long brown hair was actually plac More..ed by Fortuny, who collected the replies and posted them online.

One of the respondents was a Microsoft employee who sent a picture that depicted him exposing himself in his cubicle. He was fired.

Of the 178 responses to the fake ad were 145 photos of men “in various states of undress.” The replies included e-mail addresses, names and in some cases, instant-messaging accounts and phone numbers.

Fortuny, 32, posted all of the replies, including the photos, names and contact information.

“It was really a goof. It was a one-off,” Fortuny said on Tuesday. “I wasn’t something I was expecting to get news coverage.”

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