Judge Forces Removal of Facebook Comments and Pictures of a Convicted Sex Offender Based on Human Ri

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[quote]Convicted sex offender wins high court order in Northern Ireland against website after his photograph was published online

A convicted sex offender has won a high court order in Northern Ireland for the removal of a Facebook page monitoring paedophiles.

Judge Mr Justice McCloskey found that the man, whose identity cannot be revealed, had his human rights breached. "Society has dealt with the plaintiff in accordance with the rule of law," said McCloskey. "He has been punished by incarceration and he is subject to substantial daily restrictions on his lifestyle." The judge gave Facebook 72 hours to take the page down. A spokeswoman for website said: "We are considering our next steps in light of the court judgment and we have nothing further to add at this stage."

The man, known only as XY, started legal proceedings after discovering his photograph and threatening comments posted on the page. More than 5,000 people have liked the page, titled "Keeping our kids safe from predators".

Some of the latest posts were written after McCloskey made his ruling.

One read: "Can facebook not step in here and fight this battle 4 us..... what the point of having a social netwok (sic) if we can't post facts on people especially wen its 2 keep our kids safe....... Come on Mark Zuckerberg we need your help..... plz plz plz....."

Another wrote: "Let down a bag full :( no justice at all......Not only me but every victim of sex abuse every kid in the land....... This is what we get for trying 2 protect our kids."Facebook is understood to have removed the man's photo and comments made about him but his legal team insisted that the page should be shut down.

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[TheHydra]

this is a commendable verdict. it's not up to wannabe facebook vigilantes to act as the law.

[Falubii]

Those were some really painful to read comments. Plz Mark Zuckerberg plz plz plz!

[sir whoopsalot]

[quote]what the point of having a social netwok (sic) if we can't post facts on people especially wen its 2 keep our kids safe[/quote]
Dearie, there's a difference between posting facts and threatening people.

[Camundongo]

[video=youtube;XCywGhHQMEw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCywGhHQMEw[/video]

It's depressing how accurate this video is in some respects.