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False accusations on facebook.

punch*drunk — Sat, 09 May 2015 01:15:33 GMT

On Thursday I started seeing shared posts re a man supposedly taking photos of children in a shopping centre. The mother took a photo of said man and shared it on social media virtually accusing him of being a pedophile.......turns out he was taking a selfie in front of a Darth Vadar cutout to send to his kids.

I never share posts like this because there is always the potential that they are simply not true. This post ended up being shared upwards of 20,000 times and the poor man has even been getting death threats 😞

Apparently the woman involved hasnt even apologised personally to him, some of the sharers have though. If it were me I'd be suing the pants off her.

Its time people started thinking and questioning before they believe everything they read on the internet.

Re: False accusations on facebook.

punch*drunk — Sat, 09 May 2015 01:16:28 GMT

Link to the story http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3073095/Mother-mistakenly-shames-dad-thought-taking-photos-kids-Facebook-post-shared-hundreds-actually-taking-selfie-Star-Wars-display-children.html

Re: False accusations on facebook.

j*oono — Sat, 09 May 2015 01:22:10 GMT

That woman really should apologise loud and clear! What a stupid irresponsible woman.

Before anyone says better safe than sorry, take it to the police, not to facebook.

Re: False accusations on facebook.

**tay** — Sat, 09 May 2015 01:27:10 GMT

That's why I don't share those types of stories. I also don't share those photos stating that for every share Facebook will donate so much money towards their cause. If Facebook is actually behind a cause, they put a post at the top of your news feed.

Re: False accusations on facebook.

punch*drunk — Sat, 09 May 2015 01:32:10 GMT

I sometimes see posts shared where someone is accusing a partner of stealing the children etc, dont like those either. Some people could be unwittingly helping an abuser find his/her victims. Some things just shouldnt be splashed all over social media unless the police are backing it. There's just no way of knowing the truth in these situations.

Re: False accusations on facebook.

***super_nova*** — Sat, 09 May 2015 01:40:55 GMT

@punch*drunk wrote:
Some people could be unwittingly helping an abuser find his/her victims. Some things just shouldnt be splashed all over social media unless the police are backing it. There's just no way of knowing the truth in these situations.

Yes, I can just imagine somebody like Rosie Batty's husband claiming she is keeping his son away from him. Too terrifying if people would be helping men like him.

Re: False accusations on facebook.

janeababe — Sat, 09 May 2015 01:50:14 GMT

I got so sick of FB, that i de-activated my account.

That was about 2mths ago now, and i dont even miss it.

Is anything posted on FB real anyway? not much! Although i did like the meme's 🙂

Re: False accusations on facebook.

digupatin — Sat, 09 May 2015 01:55:10 GMT

They should name and shame the woman, there's a good chance she's destroyed the reputation of an innocent person for life, mud sticks.

Then sue the **bleep** off her

Re: False accusations on facebook.

bushies.girl — Sat, 09 May 2015 01:56:20 GMT

And you believe what is posted on CS? I dont most of the time

Re: False accusations on facebook.

j*oono — Sat, 09 May 2015 02:07:46 GMT

Tend to agree with that Bushies. There is a lot of BS on CS.

Re: False accusations on facebook.

cherry*135 — Sat, 09 May 2015 02:13:24 GMT

@janeababe wrote:
I got so sick of FB, that i de-activated my account.

That was about 2mths ago now, and i dont even miss it.

Is anything posted on FB real anyway? not much! Although i did like the meme's 🙂

I do have a FB a/c and have joined the local buy & sell page, apart from that never use it.

No way of knowing what is being claimed is true, as in the story in the OP.

People have been successfully sued for posting defamatory comments on FB, not sure if any in Aust but in other countries. Husband sued an ex wife etc.

Twitter - Last month (March 2014), the NSW District Court awarded Christine Mickle, a school music teacher, $105,000 in damages for Twitter defamation from a former student

Re: False accusations on facebook.

janeababe — Sat, 09 May 2015 02:27:09 GMT

@bushies.girl wrote:
And you believe what is posted on CS? I dont most of the time

I never said i did!!

In actual fact, i have been absent from the Discussion Boards for almost 2yrs....

...............nothing has changed!

Re: False accusations on facebook.

azureline** — Sat, 09 May 2015 03:35:04 GMT

@janeababe wrote:
xxxxx
And you believe what is posted on CS? I dont most of the time
I never said i did!!

In actual fact, i have been absent from the Discussion Boards for almost 2yrs....

...............nothing has changed!

Looks that way doesn't it?

It's the same everywhere, most people are honest, normal people, some aren't.........

I read that story in the OP, it amazes me that so many people don't get that taking pics of people in public spaces is legally allowed, it's what they do with them that determines the legality, or illegality of it.

I hope that woman apologises to the guy before any more harm is done.

Re: False accusations on facebook.

*pepe — Sat, 09 May 2015 03:40:06 GMT

i saw that post on my newsfeed - it just didn't make sense so I scrolled on by.

there was also the couple who stopped to put out a fire and were photographed and posted on fb as firebugs - that post ws shared a lot - even after the police posted the facts

Re: False accusations on facebook.

siggie-reported-by-alarmists — Sat, 09 May 2015 04:10:08 GMT

Selfies are so stupid.

If only the man was able to take a photo of something without the need to be in the photo.

What a stupid woman...... she knows how to use facebook...... and couldn't tell the man was taking a selfie?.......bs.

I hope he has a solicitor.

Re: False accusations on facebook.

lionrose.7 — Sat, 09 May 2015 07:04:50 GMT

I like face book, today I said Happy birthday to two relatives from over seas.

I talk to my children over seas and the grand children.

I play games when I am bored.

I have my face book on private so rarely get a lot of junk stuff.

Re: False accusations on facebook.

happyroo_bunji — Sat, 09 May 2015 07:35:40 GMT

punch, THANK YOU for posting this. I lost count of how many times my friends 'shared' the original FB post. I'm sick of the rubbish that is posted, the kid urinating on the memorial comes to mind. The fool was caught and charged by the police a couple of days after he did it, in 2009!

Re: False accusations on facebook.

lurker172602 — Sat, 09 May 2015 09:31:20 GMT

I didn't see this one, but I'm sick to death of the "share this if you love your kids/sister/mother/hairdresser/dog" No! They already know I love them, no need to "share" that with anyone else.

I've replied to a few "warning" posts lately with a Snopes link. That seems to slow them down a bit.

Re: False accusations on facebook.

bella_again — Sat, 09 May 2015 10:40:24 GMT

I just read the news article regarding this, insane. You can't do anything anymore without people thinking the worst.

Re: False accusations on facebook.

**tay** — Sun, 10 May 2015 04:32:14 GMT

I'm the same lionrose.7. I have friends overseas, and family I see once in a blue moon, but we keep in contact via Facebook. You can remain friends with a person, but unfollow them if they are posting rubbish a lot. I have a friend who posts in support of non vaccination, I was getting too angry, so I unfollowed her. The downside of course is that you don't see anything they post, I guess at the end of the day, it's down to how much you want to remain their friend.