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The real problem in this case is that an abusive ex has way more leverage than before. We can't say "stop providing that leverage", because it's victim-blaming
by mbg721 4y ago
The real problem in this case is that an abusive ex has way more leverage than before. We can't say "stop providing that leverage", because it's victim-blaming, but those backward social norms were there for a reason.
- jeroenhd 4y agoIt all depends on what you qualify as "before", sharing leaked videos has been a thing since the early days of online porn, be it abusive exes or "hackers" humiliating their victims. As always, the internet brings out the very best and the absolute worst of humanity. I personally hopetthat soon enough we'll be able to move on to a post-blackmail society with the advance of deep fakes. When anybody has the ability to paste any face onto any movie, no video can be trusted (it already can't be, to be fair) and everything should be covered under plausible deniability. Just declaring something a fake by some Facebook creep that wants your money should hopefully be enough to wars off any confrontation from friends or family about leaked explicit content. It's really the best I can think of to hope for. Banning porn won't help, putting up red tape will only spawn more websites outside enforcing jurisdictions, and the perfect deep fake singularity may be mere years of not months away.