Comment on My friend exposed a guy for bad stuff. Now he's created a site where he archives everything my friend posts online & deliberately twists it to make her look bad/discredit her. What should she do?

ComradeMiao@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• troed@fedia.io ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  She's the victim here and shouldn't need to do any of this.

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  • Hoimo@ani.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Everyone regardless of victim status should use the tools available to protect their personal information online.

    If someone is publishing your personal information without your consent, local laws and regulations may apply. You kinda have to be lucky with police and the legal system to take you seriously though.

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    • troed@fedia.io ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No, no one should feel the need to make their socials private because someone is being an asshole.

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      • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        This is like saying you dont need to look both ways before crossing the street when you have the crossing signal. Sure, you might be correct but that doesn’t protect you when you get hit by a car.

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      • trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        In a world where justice is guaranteed, you’d be right. But we’re not living in a fairy tale, and keeping all your data public is not bringing us closer to that utopia, so what’s the point?

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      • Hoimo@ani.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Agreed, not just because someone is being an asshole. Everyone should feel the need to protect their personal information, because the world is full of assholes of different levels and your personal information being publicly available can only cause harm to you. It really is as simple as setting your profile to “friends only” to counter the lowest level of assholes.

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