New York: BBC news took a strong stance against cyberspace crimes and highlighted many users and groups that were sharing obscene and intimate photos of women and young girls without consent.
According to BBC news, they caught a man sharing a video of upskirting schoolgirls. Following they reported it to Facebook but it was turned down stating “it’s not against community guidelines”. This ignited the BBC investigation finding out several groups and users sharing the same obscene content without consent on Facebook.
Following the investigation, a complaint was made to the new york police department, the culprits have been caught and now are being investigated by the police. Facebook has also removed all such accounts.
It is a way forward in the world of women’s safety but there is more still to be done. Morgan, someone who went through a similar situation disclosed talking to the BBC reporter that ‘Facebook is benefited by such posts, as more comments get them more money. Adding ‘the worst part is some women don’t even know it has happened to them too”
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On the other hand, Meta is Facebook owner has stood against such acts saying
“ sharing intimate images without consent, including upskirting, is not allowed on Facebook”.
Also mentioning,
“Following the BBC’s investigation, we’ve removed a large number of groups and accounts, and have taken further action to bloc multiple associated hashtags.” — Meta, Facebook owner
With such events escalating it has become potent to take much stronger steps for cleaning social media platforms from such violating content. More human checks will make cyberspace a much safer place to interact.
