STOMPer SGGirl is appalled to learn that Facebook photos of some
Singapore women have been exploited for use on porn and dating
sites and hopes that Singapore women can be more careful of what
they post online as they never know where their photos might end
up.
In a The Straits Times article, at least three women have
discovered that their Facebook photos have surfaced on porn and
dating sites. The three are victims of what is known as
'photo-jacking', the act of stealing pictures from social media
like Facebook and Twitter and exploiting them for use on, say, porn
sites.
One of the victims, 32-year-old housewife Jules Rahim was shocked
when a friend tipped her off last Wednesday that a picture of her
in a bikini, which she had posted on her Facebook account three
years ago, was featured on a pornographic website.
Last Tuesday, another friend told her that the photo had also
popped up on a dating site called sgGirls.com. It was accompanied
by a caption which listed a telephone number to call and how much
it cost to chat.
Ms Rahim said, "It's embarrassing. People I know may think wrongly
of me." She has reportedly filed two police reports, one about the
porn site and the other about the dating site. She also intends to
file a magistrate's complaint at the Subordinate Courts for
intentional harassment.
The STOMPer wrote:
"Women, please think twice before posting your photos online. You
never know where your photos might eventually end up.
"There are so many photos of local girls on sgGirls website, I
doubt those girls are even aware of it."
