Ice4fun 78407 Report post Posted February 4, 2015 In my opinion more of these sites should be shut down and the sooner the better all they do is bully and harass people and ruin lives Just my opinion Sent from my Passport using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phaedrus 209521 Report post Posted February 6, 2015 In my opinion more of these sites should be shut down and the sooner the better all they do is bully and harass people and ruin lives That would be great, wouldn't it? Unfortunately it's very hard when you're dealing with user-generated content, for which website owners aren't responsible in the US and most other places. If they were, then that would kill off sites like this... but also most social networking sites (FB, Twitter), forums (like here), and anything that allowed comments (most blogs and news sites). What really did this guy in was the wire fraud: the second site where he posed as a separate person who could get the posts you didn't like taken down, for a fee. But most revenge-porn operators aren't stupid enough to do that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ice4fun 78407 Report post Posted February 6, 2015 I certainly get the legal challenges around this and the need to maintain an open internet forum...I would hope that a civilized society would find a way to balance these conflicting goals and not allow for individuals to hide while they bully and harass individuals. Certainly there will be grey areas but when you have a site whose intention is for revenge or to post comments that would not be accepted by a normal media outlet then the operator of that site should be held accountable when the issue is brought to their attention and they do not reasonably deal with it. That said you and I both know it's not likely to happen because the big players ie google.. facebook etc will fight the accountability and argue that if a jurisdiction choose to enforce accountability the sites and the associated economic benefits will simply move to a less hostile environment. That is a shame as it allows people to be repeatedly victimized with no real ability to stop it. Just my Opinion Sent from my Passport using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
