Article Analysis: Should Revenge Postings be Illegal?

Article Analysis: Should Revenge Postings be Illegal?

Introduction

Revenue posting has recently gained attention of people across the globe, and highlighted by the media, as well. Technology, especially Smartphone played a significant role in heightening revenge posting. It is the worst nightmare as it can destroy a person's whole life. Revenge posting has to be illegal; certainly, it is not. Revenge posting refers to the term of art for publishing nude or sexual pictures of a person without consent or often after the couple broke up.

This is an article analysis published in New York Times on revenge posting, as well as critically analyzes pros and cons of revenge posting to examine whether it should be legal or illegal.

Discussion

An article was published in the New York Times entitled “Victims Push Laws to End Online Revenge Posts” on September 23, 2013. In this article, Erica Goode quotes a case of Marianna Taschinger, victim of revenge posting. She was aged just 18 years and her then boyfriend manipulated her to send naked pictures. His boyfriend claimed that he would be the only one who would see these pictures, and use emotional blackmailing to force her by saying that if she really loves him she will send nude photos otherwise not. Finally, she agreed to capture nude pictures of her. However, after the breakup, his boyfriend posted her nude pictures as an act of revenge to the broke up; in that manner, she became a victim of “revenge posting (Goode, 2013).”

This case of Taschinger - revenge posting is reported by New York Times as the incidence of revenge posting is increasing rapidly. In addition, their victims not merely their photos on these websites; however, they also uncover facets regarding them there, for example, their home addresses or workplaces, as well as photos and links on Facebook. Consequently, Erica Goode also stated that victims of revenge posting lives will totally change, as people start recognizing or associate them with such pictures posted online, or strangers start approaching them for sex, or they might be fired from their jobs because of revenge posting. Reasonably, most of the victims decide to change the way they look or their names. In contrast, at times, these things do not work, after online detective of someone directs to links to their new identity that the female victim of revenge posting now have. For instance, Taschinger had left their job at the restaurant where she was working, and due to the photos of her, a man stalked her outside her house in his vehicle, which is unquestionably a scary experience, reported by the Times (phys.org).

In my opinion, this article does not include the legal analysis of revenue posting, and only offers general information about the matter presented. It must not be relied and constructed upon a legal opinion or advice on any particular circumstances or facts. The detail and explanation of the consequences of any particular transaction or case included herein does not propose ...