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According to lumendatabase the defamation complaints were filed 8 times by her lawyer about a private video (that seemingly was uploaded without her consent to

According to lumendatabase the defamation complaints were filed 8 times by her lawyer about a private video (that seemingly was uploaded without her consent to porn websites) where she appeared as a "hooker from Brussels". I think this is a serious human rights issue, in times where not everybody knows what's actually going on on their mobile devices, where Android malware is not a joke anymore and commonly spread around. I mean, just imagine the same case that your private pictures or videos get uploaded to a porn website and Google simply ignores your legal complaints to take those down ... social- and work-life must be a living hell from that point on.

masto 6y ago
So now that you’ve posted that, does Hacker News face a €600k fine if they don’t delete your comment?
- cookiengineer 6y ago
  Technically speaking, as I cannot delete my comments after a given amount of time, HN isn't GDPR compliant anyways.
vharuck 6y ago
At risk of sounding callous, whether or not there was a violation of human rights is irrelevant to this decision. The law shouldn't be interpreted so that it hurts somebody (who might deserve it) right now. If the previous allegations were wrongly seen as unsubstantiated, then that case should be investigated separately. However, I could see an argument for keeping criminal allegations public to allow future investigations by a concerned public. How would we balance that against possibly lifelong damage to a person's reputation?
krageon 6y ago
> social- and work-life must be a living hell from that point on. Why? Even if all of my colleagues have seen me nude that really won't change my work-life. Socially I'm absolutely certain my friends would not care. Is this unusual somehow?
bzb3 6y ago
My personal recommendation is not to take those pictures and videos to begin with. Once it leaks, it's over.
- megous 6y ago
  Malware can take them for you, and it doesn't need to be your phone either. Maybe your gf is playing some mobile game, while pointing the camera at you... which is pretty reasonable situation. That's what people get for trying to put every function into a single device...
  - RicardoLuis0 6y ago
    and with deepfakes and the likes getting every day less distinguishable from real footage, the situation can be much, much worse

masto 6y ago

So now that you’ve posted that, does Hacker News face a €600k fine if they don’t delete your comment?

cookiengineer 6y ago
Technically speaking, as I cannot delete my comments after a given amount of time, HN isn't GDPR compliant anyways.

vharuck 6y ago

At risk of sounding callous, whether or not there was a violation of human rights is irrelevant to this decision. The law shouldn't be interpreted so that it hurts somebody (who might deserve it) right now. If the previous allegations were wrongly seen as unsubstantiated, then that case should be investigated separately. However, I could see an argument for keeping criminal allegations public to allow future investigations by a concerned public. How would we balance that against possibly lifelong damage to a person's reputation?

krageon 6y ago

> social- and work-life must be a living hell from that point on. Why? Even if all of my colleagues have seen me nude that really won't change my work-life. Socially I'm absolutely certain my friends would not care. Is this unusual somehow?

bzb3 6y ago

My personal recommendation is not to take those pictures and videos to begin with. Once it leaks, it's over.

megous 6y ago
Malware can take them for you, and it doesn't need to be your phone either. Maybe your gf is playing some mobile game, while pointing the camera at you... which is pretty reasonable situation. That's what people get for trying to put every function into a single device...
- RicardoLuis0 6y ago
  and with deepfakes and the likes getting every day less distinguishable from real footage, the situation can be much, much worse