Schoolgirls’ pictures on Facebook
As the number of Facebook (FB) users increases in Sri Lanka, so does the number of complaints of misuse with seven cases a day being reported to the Police.
The latest postings to send panic waves among teenage FB users and their parents and give rise to questions about privacy and the safety are a series of photographs of Sri Lankan schoolgirls in uniforms, with explicit comments in Sinhala and Tamil.
Shanika*(21) who is featured in the picture is angry that her privacy has been violated. “I was in uniform in that picture. But the picture was taken like five years ago. The original picture does not even belong to me, although I am tagged in it,” she said.
She added that cyber crime authorities here should contact FB and track down these individuals and take action against those who violate privacy on social media networks.
Trisha*(19) voiced concern that girls were being photographed while they travelled on buses and even school vans.
“How can girls be careful when people take pictures of them without their knowledge while travelling in public transport?” she asked.
Denushka*, also in her late teens complained that whenever she reported these pages to Facebook, the reply was that the page won’t be removed as it wasn’t deemed to be offensive.
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