Marines United devolving from @Google to @Dropbox to protect treasure trove of revenge porn and nonconsensual imagery. When will these platforms crack down on illegal activity hindering good order and discipline of @DeptofDefense @ProtectRDfnders @RepSpeier @SenKamalaHarris https://t.co/CuxzgSLQfF— #NotInMyMarineCorps (@NotInMyMarines) March 9, 2018
VICE News: Explicit photos of female service members are being shared in a Dropbox folder called “Hoes Hoin’”
A spokesperson for Dropbox told VICE News that the folder described in this story has been removed from the platform: "This link has been taken down and banned so it cannot be recirculated on Dropbox. As always, we investigate reports of content that violate our Acceptable Use Policy. If we find a violation, we take down the content and, when appropriate, take other measures such as banning the content and/or reporting to law enforcement."
A Dropbox folder containing hundreds of explicit photos of female U.S. service members is currently circulating online, VICE News has learned. The women in the photos, some topless, others entirely nude, are largely identifiable and appear to be from all branches of the U.S military.
The folder is the latest example of an ongoing problem with revenge porn and online harassment in the U.S. military, one that persists even a year after the revelation of thousands of nude photos of service members shared in a Facebook group called Marines United caused a major scandal. VICE News reported in February on the existence of dozens of informal military social media groups where members continue to share nude photos and make derogatory comments about women, often alongside more banal posts about military life.
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Update #1: Secret military site posts explicit images of female service members (CBS)
Update #2: More nude photos of female military personnel shared online, 1 year after Marines United scandal (RT)
WNU Editor: There is enough pornography on the web that a person can spend a lifetime going through. So why share nude pictures of fellow female personel? My guess is that there is a lot of anger out there, and this is one way of getting revenge .... hence the term "revenge porn".
