So uproar in the media here in Ireland over the leaking of images of people from dating and social media sites . Ive been argueing for legislation to cover the misuse of peoples data/photos for years , not only on social media sites but by government/law enforcement agencies and security companies where a culture of uploading/processing without consent is commonplace . Of course its a different situation if someone posts sexualised images of themselves on a website and has an expectation of privacy after the fact but that certainly doesnt excuse those who disseminate , collate, redistribute or process images for whatever reason without permission, be it an individual, a multinational corporation or law enforcement/security personel who are all actively involved in this unseemly carry on .
The government has got itself in a right flap over this mess, on one hand they have turned a blind eye to how, lets call them 'the forces of good' can use our data for marketing/ID ,while expecting the public to follow some kind of higher moral code which they, their agencies or the corporations who's pocket their in blithely disregard.
Another element of this scandal that enrages me is how mainstream media badges it , if you search the story out online you'd be forgiven for thinking its purely about young men leaking images of young women , but that simply not the case . It serves to cement the bad man /female victim stereotype into place, the reality is that it being portrayed in that fashion actually undermines any male victims and makes them less likely to report.
GDPR legislation may cover the legitimate uses of data to some extent, it has no effect at all on the misuses of data , the government want to bring in some half arsed legislation to cover the posting of sexualised images online, the reality is we need proper overarching laws to protect everyone from having their image/data misused , not some gender biased solution based on media frenzy ,the big bad wolf and the damsel in distress.
The first lesson that needs to be learned here is by the unfortunate victims , do not have an expectation of privacy on social media , in some cases it maybe so called revenge porn , at other times websites get hacked and what was assumed to be private becomes public , in that case the receiver of such images could end up wrongly in the frame for a betrayal of trust and set upon by an angry online lynchmob and even accused of a crime they had no hand or part in .
The brutal torture, sexual assault and murder of Ana Kriégel should have been the last in a series of alarm bells for the politicians and law makers in this country. Instead damaging details relating to how social media played its part in this case were kept out of the media by the judiciary ,meanwhile the childs images uploaded to Facebook remained public and all over the front pages of every news paper in the country for the duration of the trial, causing huge anguish and lasting hurt to the parents.
We have a sad history regarding child protection here in Ireland , this whole issue demonstrates very little or nothing has changed . Certain childhood experiences of mine and those related to me by friends who became parents never gave me confidence enough to want or try bringing children into this world
The government has got itself in a right flap over this mess, on one hand they have turned a blind eye to how, lets call them 'the forces of good' can use our data for marketing/ID ,while expecting the public to follow some kind of higher moral code which they, their agencies or the corporations who's pocket their in blithely disregard.
Another element of this scandal that enrages me is how mainstream media badges it , if you search the story out online you'd be forgiven for thinking its purely about young men leaking images of young women , but that simply not the case . It serves to cement the bad man /female victim stereotype into place, the reality is that it being portrayed in that fashion actually undermines any male victims and makes them less likely to report.
GDPR legislation may cover the legitimate uses of data to some extent, it has no effect at all on the misuses of data , the government want to bring in some half arsed legislation to cover the posting of sexualised images online, the reality is we need proper overarching laws to protect everyone from having their image/data misused , not some gender biased solution based on media frenzy ,the big bad wolf and the damsel in distress.
The first lesson that needs to be learned here is by the unfortunate victims , do not have an expectation of privacy on social media , in some cases it maybe so called revenge porn , at other times websites get hacked and what was assumed to be private becomes public , in that case the receiver of such images could end up wrongly in the frame for a betrayal of trust and set upon by an angry online lynchmob and even accused of a crime they had no hand or part in .
The brutal torture, sexual assault and murder of Ana Kriégel should have been the last in a series of alarm bells for the politicians and law makers in this country. Instead damaging details relating to how social media played its part in this case were kept out of the media by the judiciary ,meanwhile the childs images uploaded to Facebook remained public and all over the front pages of every news paper in the country for the duration of the trial, causing huge anguish and lasting hurt to the parents.
We have a sad history regarding child protection here in Ireland , this whole issue demonstrates very little or nothing has changed . Certain childhood experiences of mine and those related to me by friends who became parents never gave me confidence enough to want or try bringing children into this world
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