Facebook flooded with 'sextortion' and revenge porn, files reveal

Post by joyeuse6701 » Mon, May 22, 2017, 6:10 PM UTC

showerst wrote: post #32

vivekd wrote: post #26

So here's my thing: Imagine a world where facebook didn't exist. Would it have been impossible for this guy to get their photos and videos, post them on the internet? I guess facebook does make it easier to email things to family and friends - but it only does so with the user's consent - you have the option to make your friends list private. It seems to me like this guy is a real creep, and he should certainly be pu…

I didn't downvote you, but I think your frame of reference here is awful. Victim blaming in these cases really understates the harm caused by these actions, and the lack of agency that the victims have in preventing them. If the same boyfriend had stabbed her, would it be her fault for dumping someone who might stab her later? Of course not. The victim has a legal (and ethical) right to take whatever photos she deems…

  Revenge porn is a well known tactic. I'd be surprised if she didn't pause to consider the ramifications when the media was made. As per your example, I think it depends on what she knew apriori... if she could reasonably assume that he was a psychopath who may murder and she dated him and broke up with him anyway, we'd probably give her some share of the blame. From another example, If you walk through a war zone knowing it's a war zone, maybe it's stupid to blame the soldier who shoots you?

Post by balls187 » Mon, May 22, 2017, 6:14 PM UTC

planteen wrote: post #36

bossx wrote: post #25

They should have a verification process for accounts beyond verifying an email address. Verify identity, it's way too easy for people to be impersonated, there's a whole TV show dedicated to this...

You need a phone number to register a new Facebook account...

Post by aarongolliver » Mon, May 22, 2017, 6:16 PM UTC

phaus wrote: post #49

rburhum wrote: post #18

I had a female friend last month whose ex-bf created a fake account and proceeded to set the profile and public photos and videos of them (having sex). He then went ahead and started sending friend requests to her entire family and friends. I felt so bad for her - it was awful enough to make her even have suicide thoughts. What really surprised me was how horrible the FB system to report stuff like this is. It is bas…

Not sure what the norm is, but I reported a fake account using my wife's picture (just a single, regular portrait) and it was removed within 5 minutes. A month would be ridiculous. I wonder if that happens often?

Post by kyledrake » Mon, May 22, 2017, 6:18 PM UTC

Post by mattnewton » Mon, May 22, 2017, 6:19 PM UTC

joyeuse6701 wrote: post #51

showerst wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I didn't downvote you, but I think your frame of reference here is awful. Victim blaming in these cases really understates the harm caused by these actions, and the lack of agency that the victims have in preventing them. If the same boyfriend had stabbed her, would it be her fault for dumping someone who might stab her later? Of course not. The victim has a legal (and ethical) right to take whatever photos she deems…

I don't think it's really wrong to consider what responsibility a victim has in their fate. If you know that touching a kettle with a barehand may burn you, you are to blame when the kettle burns you when you touch it! You can blame the kettle, as children do, but it's not helpful, so we teach and learn not to touch it. The kettle doesn't have agency, but I suspect that for many who 'victim blame' they see crime, dis…