Reaction to "Social Media and Privacy"

The first thing I have to say about this article is, wow. I consider myself to be an informed human but I really had never heard of any of these cases before or the implications they had on their communities. This article uncovers the reality that rape is happening all around us and social media is playing a huge role publicizing it. Social media makes it almost impossible for a victim to forget or heal from such a horrible experience because when suddenly peers and the community you live in all know what happened, a victim is an open target for degradation. Unfortunately people are still under the impression that women who are rape victims were "asking for it" because of the the length of her hem or because she was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Although it's a good thing that social media makes it easier to incarcerate a rapist, the protection of the identity of the victim is completely lost when pictures and videos are posted to Facebook and Twitter. This is a devastating reality for our country and the victims of rape and America needs to face this problem with more urgency especially on college campuses and in urban areas because truly no one is safe.