Violent videos continue to spread through chats and social media. Fights filmed on cell phones are quickly shared and the victims are mocked. Many perpetrators are neither aware of the legal consequences of their actions nor of the suffering of the victims.
A worrying trend is the increase in videos of perpetrators using their smartphones to record themselves hitting or insulting others. Most young perpetrators are barely aware of the consequences of such actions. With the videos and images widely disseminated in online chats and social media, these acts have a devastating and long-term impact on the lives of victims.
The repeated distribution causes the victims to relive the crime again and again. The constant availability and the forwarding from cell phone to cell phone help lower the inhibition threshold of both viewers and perpetrators.
The distribution of violent videos or pornographic content is illegal and even punishable
The videos often show obviously criminal acts. Smartphones are used as a “tool” to produce depictions of violence (§ 131 StGB), to commit bodily harm and dangerous bodily harm (§ 223 or § 224 StGB) or to insult (§ 185 StGB) and stalk victims.
The recordings and their distribution also violate the very personal sphere of life of the tortured (§ 201a StGB), including the “right to one’s own image” according to § 22 KunstUrhG.
Anyone who publishes violent, pornographic or extremist images, videos or texts on the Internet or in chats and makes them accessible to others is committing a criminal offense under German law.
Stop spreading and reporting violent images
- Do not redistribute every content you receive via social networks or messengers.
- Report content that could be criminal to the Internet Complaints Office , jugendschutz.net or the police. Social networks and messenger services also have reporting functions.
- Inform friends, family members and other network users about the criminal distribution.
SoundsWrong explains how to deal with depictions of abuse: always report it
spread of depictions of sexual violence against children also an increasing problem. The fact is that such images or videos document the real sexual abuse of a child. Therefore, these must consistently reported and reported !
The campaign against the distribution of child pornography, SoundsWrong , uses evocative clips to explain the criminal distribution of child pornography content and its effects, answers questions about the topic and shows reporting channels.
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Source: Bullying, tormenting, sharing: Violent videos in chats and social networks
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