The 'Porsche Girl' controversy stems from the tragic 2006 death of Nikki Catsouras and the unauthorized leak of graphic accident scene photographs by California Highway Patrol dispatchers. The images went viral on forums like 4chan, leading to a decade-long cycle of harassment directed at the Catsouras family by anonymous internet trolls. This case became a pivotal moment in the history of internet ethics and digital law, eventually leading to a landmark ruling in the California Court of Appeal which established that family members have a privacy right in the death images of their loved ones. It remains one of the most significant examples of the 'right to be forgotten' movement and serves as a somber warning about the permanence and potential cruelty of viral shock media.