Wednesday, October 17, 2012

postheadericon Outing online sexual predators is a sensationalist stopgap | Sady Doyle

Gawker and anonymous individuals denouncing one thing - but we can change the culture that tolerates such behavior

Last week, Adrian Chen Gawker published an article claiming that denounce "Biggest Troll on the web." It is hard to believe that anyone could objectively determine the winner of the title, but Michael Brutsch, a computer programmer for 49 years from Arlington, Texas, appears to be a viable candidate. Under the pseudonym "Violentacrez" who hosted forums Reddit so vile that it is difficult to write even their names "Jailbait", "Hitler" and "incest" are actually among the least offensive. Chen Brutsch When located, he worked on "creepshots," a forum where users can post taken surreptitiously sexualized images of women. And Last but not least, Brutsch gave the impression that his taste for girls and incest is not a fantasy. In 2010, said he had "consensual oral sex" with her daughter-19 years

Not to be outdone by Gawker, the branch Anonymous 4Chan made its project to someone worse. They identified a resident of Canada for 32 years have convinced Amanda Todd (who was 13 at the time), it flashes video chat, and then allegedly threatened to abandon the image at all unless it knows "make a show" for him. She refused and would have responded to the threat. Following two years of seriously intimidating online and offline, Todd fell into a deep depression and anxiety, and after two unsuccessful attempts suicide, committed suicide at the age of 15 years.

two stories are everywhere online, and for good reason: if man is indeed unmasked the right person, then these two men are, if any, sexual predators, and one of them would could be related to a suicidal teenager.

But no time to say hello to these people as fighters for social justice. After all, the previous Anonymous "out" have included two women who accused Julian Assange of sexual allegations, whose names were published online. This is something to remember on the policy of "exit", they are rarely based on a tough stance against any particular problem. What confidence in the public's taste for the gory details. Today, these details are the alleged sexual abuser. Tomorrow, you could be a victim.




Stryker said he believed Brutsch face the consequences of their actions. But the most important point, I think, is as follows: Brutsch predatory behavior is not unique. Forums "creepshots" and harassment of Amanda Todd are only possible through collective acceptance and support, this support takes the form of supportive relationship with staff Reddit Brutsch or middle school child Todd intimidation to adapt to other thugs. Outing individual predators, and to submit to the same mass persecution victims faced (Brutsch has been fired, and claims to have received death threats), it feels like poetic justice. But in practice, keeps us trapped in a dynamic where structural change is neglected in favor of sensationalism.



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