You can't really have an expectation of privacy from public sites with all of the tracking companies and governments are doing these days. That doesn't excuse CNN's behavior, but the guy kind of gave them a bunch of very public material to hold over him in the first place. I don't have any sympathy for him.
https://imgur.com/a/hfUAo
Also, apparently he's not a teenager.
about 70% of those posts are in /r/ImGoingToHellForThis
makes me question the legitimacy of those beliefs
not only that but the album contains a JOKE about Humble Water Filter Merchant super male vitality
also if he's not a teenager that makes it worse, because he could have a wife and kids and if they release his info and he loses his job there's going to be more than one casualty