‘Revenge porn’ victim sues Facebook for allowing misuse

Social media giant, Facebook to be prosecuted over naked porn revenge pictures of 14-year-old girl.

A 14-year-old Northern Ireland girl, who cannot be identified, is reportedly suing Facebook and the man suspected of sharing naked pictures of her on a so-called Facebook page named ‘Shame.’

The victim’s lawyer claims that the suspect posted the picture as an act of revenge. It is believed that Facebook should have done more to prevent the photo from being republished multiple times from November 2014 to January 2016. The lawyer thus, further compared the publishing of the photo to a method of child abuse. The girl is now seeking damages for misuse of private information, negligence and breach of the Data Protection Act.

Social media giant even attempted at fighting off the lawsuit but lost its bid to stop the judge from allowing the case to move forward. Facebook reportedly claims that they did take the picture down as soon as they were alerted about it. However, the girl’s lawyer argued that the formers’ system of protection wasn’t satisfactory enough as the picture was shared multiple times despite the ‘claimed’ attempts.

The court heard it should have been a ‘red line’ issue for the company. The case will now move to full trial in Belfast at a later date.