@figgnewton: Yes, I thought they needed to be aware of it, if for nothing else then to shut it down if it's a troll...
@jjmomma: idk what post you're talking about, but you can just flag it and a mod will get to it.
That's a loaded question, jjmomma. As far as I know, Admin (singular) is already aware of the thread you are referring to.
Thank you all... I was pretty upset last night.
I think my main question is: How does Weddingbee handle posts like that, involving child abuse? How do laws of reporting crimes apply in a forum like this?
I know the OP said she reported it, but IRL, if we were told of a crime like this we would absolutely have to take it upon ourselves to go to the police and not just assume that someone else has done so already.
What liability does an online forum have in this situation? Or does anonymity prevent them from being able to report?
I'm honestly hoping this was a sick post made-up by someone with serious issues, but if it's real... I'm having trouble just clicking over to comment on someone's dress after reading it.
I understand that you're upset (trust me, I am, too), but I'm sure several people (including me) have flagged posts in there, which alerts the mods/admin to it, so I'm sure they already know about it?
To answer your question, unless the admin has access to the OP's IP (or she connected her account to her Facebook), I'm not sure how else they can track her down. I know on the forums I mod, we have the user's IP and require them to input a legitimate physical address (that only the admins have access to), although we're pretty locked down (as in, you can't lurk, you HAVE to register and provide an address in order to see posts) and have pretty stringent rules on multiple accounts. If that happened over there, we would for sure report it.
@MissAsB: Yes, I saw that, but she basically said they are aware of it andI'd really like to know the answers to my specific questions. I'm not trying to be difficult, but this has me wondering what Weddingbee is required to do under these circumstances.
@jjmomma: I understand how you feel. That one made me feel too sick, I couldn't get through it. Ugh, the stuff that goes on in this world.
@vorpalette: Thank you so much. I know they're more than aware of it by now, but I think that knowing they will do everything they can to report what they know would alleviate my moral obligation to report it (and being powerless to do so). I really do appreciate the info you shared.
I will forward this message on to Penguin for you guys. The Mod/Hostess team is not involved with situations like this.
@jjmomma: Did you PM or email Penguin or just flagging it? I don't think she reads all the flags, the posts are just mentioned to her if it's something the admin team is taking care of. If you message her directly, you might get an answer, although it might take a little while.
@MissAsB: Thank you. I'm sorry if I'm coming across as pushy... this is the first time I've seen something like this and I suddenly realized I had no idea how it might be handled.
@AB Bride: Yes, I sent a short message to her last night. I just need to get a cup of tea and clean the house (and be patient).
@Sunfire: Thank you sweetheart! My heart broke over the whole Penn State scandal and all the people who failed to protect those children (and how much that happens everyday in cases that don't make the headlines). I don't want to light cyber torches and stalk the threads creating drama (I'm afraid I sound like that), but I do want to know what can be done.
@jjmomma: She'll respond eventually then. I know it sucks to wait though, I've felt a bit impatient when I've seen posts in the past that I felt like they needed attention ASAP because they could have implications offline. It sucks while you just wait and nothing seems to happen, and the major things always seem to occur when admins/mods are busy with other things!
I really don't want to upset you or anything, so I'm sorry if this comes across as mean/rude - but even in real life, if someone told you a story about how they found child porn on someone else's computer, you actually do not have any obligation at all to report it to police. Maybe, morally, you do. But, legally - no, I really don't think so. I would say that requiring an online forum/community to report a post to police like that is even less required - you have no idea who she is, where she is, if she's telling the truth at all and you can't even guage credibility online (it's hard to do in person for most people, can you imagine online??). I think the most you can do is hope for the best and PM the OP and see what the progress of the situation is like that. I'm sure if the admins have any information that would be helpful to a law enforcement investigation, they would turn it over and cooperate - but that's for their legal department to determine and I'm pretty certain their admins don't really have anything to do with that.
I guess my point is - you should PM the OP and hope for the best, but don't expect answers from the forum itself.. :/
@futuremrsk18: I hear you... sigh. Thanks for your reply.
Update: I just saw that Mrs. Penguin commented.
"Hi hive - we've decided to keep this thread open as a safe space for the OP to get advice and support. While we have no way to confirm the validity of the claims made in the post, Weddingbee's policy is to cooperate with law enforcement on any investigation against illegal activity or abuse discussed on site. Thank you to our hivemembers who have brought this to our attention today."
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