Let’s say I am your partner. I umm…accuse you of DV just for the sake of this. And you go to jail and bond right out. But you have not even stepped foot in a court room or they even got your side. But put your photo up with a story that implicates you but just hide behind the word alleged So now when everyone looks up your name they are going to connect with you the the DV charge. But they advertise on their site with multiple companies and use a head line with your face that you were charged. But they use that format to gain more clicks to their website and also advertisers. What prevents someone from taking your booking photo from a commercial entity and put it in a gay or BDSM porno?..Oh and don’t mean any offense I caused you by taking the DV stance.
The person could sue for defamy, but they’d have to prove the website was publishing false information.
Patnou@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
Kind of a hard left turn there at the end, that would fall under “involuntary pornography” which is illegal in some places.
But the rest, yeah, we need to have this be legal to have a free press. Civil suits are the remedy for people affected in this way.
Patnou@lemmy.world 1 day ago
What about publishing it before a conviction either way? It’s always going to be on the net no matter how innocent I am.
Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
Yeah, the criminal justice system sucks for innocent people suspected of crimes.