You be the judge....

[connie_jon]

What do think of this..

A young lady uses her cell to send a picture of herself, naked, to a young man. ( I say young because they MIGHT be minors, but I don't want to violate the board rules....)

He's her "boyfriend" at the time, but they break up and he forwards the pic to all his friends. Everyone in the small community finds out.

Who is at fault? What are the issues? Did she have a reasonable expectation of privacy and did he violate it? Or, did she give up that expectation when she hit the send button?

 

[husoski]

Leaving aside the minor issue, if she is a minor. Which may impact legal standards and also ability to consent standards, it's pretty clear that both parties are at fault.

If you send someone a photo you shouldn't have a reasonable expectation of privacy anymore. It's not like the photo was taken secretly or stolen, in which cases a reasonable expectation of privacy would be violated. It's pretty clear that that photo could go anywhere -- there are stories on that sort of thing almost every month, including many with celebrities.

The guy was a jerk for showing it, but the world is full of jerks -- and the internet is full of photos of former girlfriends posted by jerks.

I think the issue becomes clear if one thinks instead of the woman sending him a letter instead of a photograph. If you send someone a letter you are clearly giving up your right to keep the information private. Again, the information may be of a private nature, but if you send the letter your taking your chances.

 

[dude xyx]

This story is a few years old. Just saying.

 

[Katelyn F]

If there is fault... she is for sending it, and he is for distributing it..

She might have expectations of privacy but once she sent it, it is his to do with as he pleases.. If she has given him a paper print the same rule would apply.. what would stop him from showing all his buds?

It might be fairly crass of him to do that but she has given up control of the pic once she sent it..

Now if they are minors that changes the whole scenario..

 

[Lulu]

He's at fault.
If he had ANY respect for her then he would have simply deleted the pictures and let it be as opposed to acting like a 4 year old and distributing those pictures.
I draw an analogy of one of us having sex with a civilian woman and then posting her name, number and address and a review on twitter or on your facebook page.
Private things must remain private.

 

[spartanburgreat]

I agree with Short, it's irresponsible to release the private photos. I would love to see a new law with the explosion of the internet that the distributor of private information or pictures gets charged and faces heavy fines or possibly imprisonment.

 

[surfstoked]

She's young, she's made a youthful mistake. He's young, he's making a stupid disrespectful mistake. She's at fault for her youthful trust. He's at fault for being a young douchebag. Legally, nowadays, they're both at fault. But...I gotta say...it's unfortunate that the youth can't be stupidly young anymore.

Both are silly things. But once upon a time, those silly things were very limited. Maybe at worst the guy shows the locker room. But it never got posted on the 'net. I LOVE tech, a lot, but it's unfortunate that it has taken youthful indiscretion to a legal level.

 

[Pompal 09.]

I think both of them must be charged for idiocy...