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How is drawing imaginary pictures sexual assault?

• userbinator 4y ago
  In the same way that speech is now considered violence by an unfortunately large amount of the population, I guess.
• tgv 4y ago
  That's not assault, but it can definitely be used for harassment and other forms of social damaging. I posted this an excerpt from an article (on anonymous Telegram groups) a few days ago: Filing charges is pointless, says Ezra. Since two years, she's being harassed on Telegram. It started when she was sixteen: photoshopped nudes with her snapchat account were circulated. They had taken selfies from her social media, and those of her family, and combined them with porn fragments. She doesn't know the perpetrator, but that person takes a lot of trouble to ruin her. "Nowadays, the boys have so many ways to make it look real." source: de Groene Amsterdammer,146/33, p. 21.
  • epups 4y ago
    If anything, widespread use and understanding of this technology will help with situations like these. Teenagers in 10 years would absolutely not be impressed with a nude picture that has not been somehow verified as legitimate.
    • tgv 4y ago
      That's entirely unfounded optimism, or –less politely put– sticking your head in the sand. Hasn't the printing press shown how easy it is to slander? Has internet taught you nothing about misinformation?
      • epups 4y ago
        And do you propose to stop either to deter misinformation? Or maybe the pros outweigh the cons?