Monday, March 8, 2010

Should we post photographs and videos of bad behaviour on the internet?

In my opinion i think we should post photographs of bad behavior, However we need to respect the person's basic privacy by blurring out their faces.The idea of posting pictures of bad behavior online is to raise public awareness about what people are doing and so they do not do such things in fear of having a picture of them showing up on an online forum and being shamed. However, in such forums people have been "Tracked" down after a picture of them doing something wrong has spread and the person's personal particulars such as his or her name, address and cellphone number have been exposed.

However i think that we should not post pictures of people online without their consent as it would be a breach of privacy and often when such pictures are posted, one party would end up being offended resulting in an exchange of words or in certain cases there would be a defamation lawsuit.

In conclusion, Pictures posted online about other people should always have the person's face blurred so that it would prevent an online "Flame war" where both parties have a vicious war of words.

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