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The newly enacted Tort Liability Law grants legal rights to people whose reputation or privacy has been damaged by online character assassination. It also holds Internet service providers accountable if they are aware of malicious intent of anonymous attackers, but fail to stop the infringement.
"Human flesh" search is a loose term to define thousands of anonymous Internet users who work together as self-styled detectives. They track down and harass people they disagree with by exposing their personal information online.
Originally posted by Solomons
Yes, i agree with this law. 4chan is well known for doing this to people...usually folks who bite off more than they can chew in all honesty. But it's still despicable imo. If some people ganged together and decided to track my online activity im sure they could release a lot of private things about my life, i even hate people posting pics of me on their face book etc never mind exposing private conversations with close 'friends' online...as close as you can get without meeting the person in real life anyway. Social networking sites have far more negatives than positives imo, you hear stories of kids committing suicide because of online bullying through these all the time, because it is open to hundreds of people the humiliation is far worse than the normal sort of bullying we used to experience at school.
[edit on 2-7-2010 by Solomons]
Originally posted by LarryLove
Has anyone on ATS fallen victim to such privacy infringements?
Originally posted by Jenna
personal mission to post every single personal detail about you down to your elementary school records online.
Has anyone on ATS fallen victim to such privacy infringements?
Originally posted by Happyfeet
douchebag move, but how is that illegal? in all probability, you posted it on the internet first, they just googled it.
You kids all fail to grasp the concept that anything you write on the internet, stays there, forever.
You take full responsibility for what you post on the net, "private" websites included.
Originally posted by Solomons
reply to post by AntiNWO
Yes i see where you are coming from...a slippery slope indeed. I guess it's more of a problem with society and it's values, thinking it's fine to expose and humiliate people online for 'a laugh' and other juvenile reasons...but i can see where exposing corruption in politicians etc could also fall under this law. Thanks for making me think a bit more about this situation..im not as sure now as i was