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19 year old girl banned from social media for posting nude photos of another woman

May 11, 2016 by John Aldred 4 Comments

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19 year old Courtney Marie Mulkentine from Gympie, Queensland, posted photos of her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend to Facebook and removed them after Mulkentine received a phone call from the victim, but by then it was too late.

After pleading guilty to “using an electronic carriage service to harass or offend”, the Australian teenager has been banned from using social media for six months, after the act of “revenge porn”, an increasingly common and worrying practice.

The Gympie Times reports that the photos had been sent to Mulkentine by her victim’s ex-boyfriend.

Magistrate M Baldwin said that there had been a number of suicide cases prompted by social media harassment and that “If you want to use social media, you do it responsibly”.

What would you do if the girl had gone and killed herself? We don’t know what else is going on in her life (that may have led to a crisis for the victim).

– Court Magistrate M Baldwin

Sentenced to six months probation under the condition that she not use any social media, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat or anything new that “some geek comes up with”, Mulkentine was warned “Don’t try to use another account or a false name.  Someone will dob you.”

It my recollection of being a teenager is even close to accurate, to say that would be a certainty is an understatement, especially given the speed at which news travels these days.

In closing, Mulkentine was told, “It might be the best six months of your life.  You won’t have to look at your phone every five minutes”.

Last year, a German Court ruled it illegal to possess nude photos of your ex, Google has vowed to fight “revenge porn” removing it from search results, and a US Senate committee recommended in February 2016 that the government criminalise the unauthorised sharing of intimate photographs.

One uncertainty with such rulings and proposed recommendations or legislation is how it may affect regular photographers posting photos of clients and models on social media and website portfolios to promote their work, however it certainly makes a good argument for getting signed model releases, even in jurisdictions where one is not legally required.

What do you think?  Was six months long enough?  Should the sentence have been harsher?  Will it change how you feel about model releases, just in case one of your subjects changes their mind about your use of their image after you post it online?  Let us know in the comments.

[Gympie Times via Guardian]

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About John Aldred

John Aldred is a photographer with over 20 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter - and occasional beta tester - of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.

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