Registered in Ireland: A year-old girl who posted nude pictures of herself on Facebook was assaulted by both parents when they tried to control her. Those were the facts outlined yesterday by Inspector John Deasy and Judge Olann Kelleher finalised the case against the parents. They were both given five-month jail terms suspended for five months on condition that they attend any parenting course recommended by the Probation Service. Solicitor Leo Murphy said that while the pleas of guilty were accepted by the two accused, they disputed certain aspects of the case put forward by the prosecution. He said the parents were only motivated by a desire to protect their daughter from putting herself in a vulnerable position by the nature of the material she was posting on Facebook.
Facebook tried to have the matter thrown out. The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is seeking damages for misuse of private information, negligence and breach of the Data Protection Act. She is also suing the person who allegedly posted the photo in an act of revenge. Last week, a Norwegian newspaper wrote a front page open letter to founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg slamming its decision to remove a historic photo of a nine-year-old girl fleeing after a napalm bomb was dropped in her town during the Vietnam War. Facebook said the photo violated its community standards on nudity. The company later reinstated the post after succumbing to public pressure. Originally published as Girl to sue Facebook over naked photo.
A landmark legal action over a naked photograph of a year-old Northern Ireland girl allegedly posted on a Facebook 'shame' page has been settled. The confidential resolution reached in the first case of its kind in the world was confirmed at the High Court in Belfast on Tuesday. The girl, who cannot be identified, sued the social media giant and the man suspected of posting her photo. Her lawyers alleged the image was blackmailed from her and then published as a form of revenge porn. She was seeking damages for misuse of private information, negligence and breach of the Data Protection Act.
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