A Dutch court ordered the social network to hand over details of an individual who posted a revenge porn video. Otherwise, Facebook’s servers could be opened up to an outside investigator. The ruling was handed down in a case where a 21-year-old woman sued the company over a video of her having sex was published on Facebook a few months ago.
The video in question was recorded 4 years ago, while both the woman and her boyfriend were still minors. It was deleted from the social network quite soon, but the problem is that it can still be found online. Now Facebook is given 14 days to comply with the court ruling and hand over the suspect’s name, email address, phone number, birthdate and IP address. However, the company claimed in court that it no longer had any relevant data because the account was deleted before the lawsuit. In this case, the judge may appoint an independent 3rd party to investigate the question whether Facebook has the details in question.
While the life of the victim of the revenge porn turned into hell, her ex-boyfriend denies posting the video. In addition, the plaintiffs don’t believe that all relevant information had been erased from Facebook, as the social network is known for recording everything, including date and time of the accepted friend requests.
As for Facebook, the company didn’t reveal whether it was going to appeal or comply with the recent judge ruling. However, the social network continues to insist that all the relevant information was removed from its servers and Facebook no longer has it. Its representative repeated once again that the offending account was ultimately deleted before the company went to court and received request for user data. This is why all information about the account was deleted in accordance with Facebook’s terms and applicable law, and the company can’t help the woman now, though it claimed to “deeply empathize with her experience and share her desire to keep this kind of nonconsensual imagery off Facebook”.
The video in question was recorded 4 years ago, while both the woman and her boyfriend were still minors. It was deleted from the social network quite soon, but the problem is that it can still be found online. Now Facebook is given 14 days to comply with the court ruling and hand over the suspect’s name, email address, phone number, birthdate and IP address. However, the company claimed in court that it no longer had any relevant data because the account was deleted before the lawsuit. In this case, the judge may appoint an independent 3rd party to investigate the question whether Facebook has the details in question.
While the life of the victim of the revenge porn turned into hell, her ex-boyfriend denies posting the video. In addition, the plaintiffs don’t believe that all relevant information had been erased from Facebook, as the social network is known for recording everything, including date and time of the accepted friend requests.
As for Facebook, the company didn’t reveal whether it was going to appeal or comply with the recent judge ruling. However, the social network continues to insist that all the relevant information was removed from its servers and Facebook no longer has it. Its representative repeated once again that the offending account was ultimately deleted before the company went to court and received request for user data. This is why all information about the account was deleted in accordance with Facebook’s terms and applicable law, and the company can’t help the woman now, though it claimed to “deeply empathize with her experience and share her desire to keep this kind of nonconsensual imagery off Facebook”.
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