Some state laws, including one in Illinois, do prohibit the online dissemination of a specific kind of material online, so-called "revenge porn," when one person circulates a sexually explicit image of another without the subject's consent. "The value today on photos on social media taken publicly is inherently very significant," he said, "and we act at our peril when we start trying to limit the public in trying to take them." And such laws run the risk of stifling other forms of free speech, said Martin Redish, a Northwestern University law professor. That's kind of our voice."Ĭonstitutional scholars say a law that prohibits filming in a public place would have a hard time surviving a legal challenge. exactly what happened," said Perry, 46, of Chicago. "Everyone has a right to know what's going on. His family declined to comment.Īnother video Sullivan saw online - capturing the aftermath of a car striking and killing 75-year-old Edward Brandseth, of Bolingbrook - prompted her to reach out to his family, too. Thomas, 26, of Richmond, died the day after the crash, for which another driver has been charged with DUI. The person who wrote the email declined to identify who runs the site, saying it's a group of volunteers. We apologize that we were not able to delete the photo before a large crowd saw it in the comments section," the email said. If we notice or are made aware of a problem, we will remove (it). "Sometimes our followers post photos or say things in the comments section that don't follow our guidelines. In an email, someone affiliated with Lake & McHenry County Scanner, which relies on police scanner traffic, confirmed the image was removed, but not immediately because the page is not monitored "24/7." You can never unsee it," said Sullivan, 25, of Round Lake. "I think at that point I decided something has to be done about it. Site operators removed the image, but only after several of Thomas' friends and relatives saw it, Sullivan said. A site called Lake & McHenry County Scanner had posted details of the crash, and a commenter had uploaded the photo. Sullivan learned her friend Steven Thomas had been gravely injured in a motorcycle crash when a photo taken just afterward appeared in her Facebook feed.
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