This is a secret group which shared pictures of naked women without their knowledge. The group Facebook “Babylon 2.0″ was closed on 5 January and is the subject of an investigation in Belgium after having been reported by internet users. Born in Belgium, this secret group French-speaking, composed of some 52.000 members, published private photos or stolen from women naked or undress, as well as selfies sent by these conquests of the members of the group.
the existence of The secret group found on the social network to non-members – has been revealed by a blogger on belgian on 5 January : “At the origin, it is a journalist (belgian site) The Vif has had on the contact of a girl added in error on the group. She has done lots of screenshots and I sent them,” says Chrystelle Charlier, author of the site, 2 girls 1 mag, Europe1.fr. On the screenshots, which Europe1.fr had knowledge, the members take it in turns pictures of their conquests to be “certified fisheries perso”, according to their own words, to brag, but also to denigrate and humiliate women.
“This is not a good fishing of it the guy ?”
“This is a slovenian fishing”, “This is not a good fishing, it’s the guys ?”, “I offer you my stock fisheries” : these are the posts that are put online by the members of the group, accompanied by photos of pairs of buttocks or of breasts. On one of the publications, a man sharing the photo of the buttocks of a woman bent over, photo taken obviously without her knowledge, commenting : “This is very far from the fighter that you are tracking all, of course, but the top of my 27 years, I could not refuse this slum is 44 years old, just to add a line on the CV. The old skin, it does not shrink from the challenge.”
When the leaks began to circulate about the existence of “Babylon 2.0″, the members of the group have launched a “hunt for girls”, according to the terms dictated by a man in a post, to remove all the girls who are members of the group. They have also warned : “beware guys, there is full of girls that swing… don’t talk to girls”, “It is necessary to inspect the profile of all the people who come,” “Where are the collaborators that the picnic ?”, could you read up on these publications.
The group is believed to have mutated into “Babylon 3.0″
The numerous reports of internet users have led to the closure of the group on Thursday. The belgian justice, and in particular the FCCU (the entity of the central directorate of fight against crime on the Internet), has opened an investigation into the wake. According to Chrystelle Charlier, there was circulating photos of minor as well as phone numbers. Since then, the group would have posted under the name “Babylon 3.0″, but it was impossible to verify since it is a secret group. However, on the public page Babylon 2.0, internet users seem to have found the closed groups related to “Babylon 2.0″.
By publishing photographs of naked women without their knowledge, “Babylon 2.0″ violates the privacy of its women, but also the rules of use of Facebook. On its website, the social network states that are controlled “the photographs of the genitals or buttocks fully exposed”. Rules that apply to all content, including secret groups, has provided an internal source of Facebook to Europe1.fr.
The secret groups continue to thrive
Yet, a number of reports have been made with the social network and have seen the answer was “Babylon 2.0″ complied with the conditions of use of the network. “I did the reporting and they told me that the group corresponded to the standard of use,” said Chrystelle Charlier. A reaction to the less surprising, then, that Facebook has in the past censored many pictures because of nudity. On Twitter, other users were outraged to receive the same response.
"Babylon 2.0" is a secret group among others. "There are many more !", ensures Chrystelle Charlier, citing among other things the secret group "keep your fishing perso". "It has been closed, but if is posted in 'Share your fishing perso'. The group would be at its 6th or 7th page," she adds. This last has launched on Thursday a petition to the intention of the belgian Prime minister Charles Michel and the French president, François Hollande, for a law to be passed against the forwarding of images private. Facebook reminds us that it is up to the community of internet users to make reports of abuse. Problem : reports may only be made if one is a member of the secret group. In sum, only "a repentant" may limit the sustainability of this type of groups whose practices are reminiscent of the "revenge porn".
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