Thursday, February 18, 2016

'Grow up' and stop taking naked photos of yourself, says senior police officer...

Australians must “grow up” and stop taking naked or explicit photos of themselves to curb the growing threat of revenge pornography, a senior police officer says.

A parliamentary inquiry into the crime – when naked or sexual images of a person are shared without their consent to humiliate or embarrass them – has heard revenge pornography is an exponentially increasing crime.

But authorities say they can not arrest their way out of the problem and education plays a critical part in teaching people to be cautious.

“People just have to grow up in terms of what they’re taking and loading on to the computer because the risk is so high,” Australian federal police assistant commissioner Shane Connelly told the inquiry in Sydney on Thursday.

Asked if he was victim-blaming, Connelly said he was not implying that but “wicked” people would always take advantage of the naive, and it was the same for revenge porn, cyber-crime or online child abuse. Full story...

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