When reporting on allegations of sexual assault against women, most news organizations will identify the alleged perpetrator but will not identify the name of the alleged victim without express permission from the victim. Some argue this policy is unfair to the accused and allows women to make false accusations without any accountability. Others argue that identifying the victim is too privacy-invasive, will essentially victimize the woman a second time and discourage women from coming forward.
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Should the U.S. Congress statutorily recognize a “right to be forgotten”?
This can be a sensitive topic and I would have to say yes. I think that both parties should have the right to be asked if they want to be identified, but with this the news won't get a story without names. I don't see how this argument allows more women to make more false accusations than there already are, but I think that discouraging women from coming forward is a huge red flag.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the above stated policy because the victim should feel completely safe when using the court system to bring justice to the perpetrator. One thing that I would change is that men should have this protection too when they are the victims of sexual assault. The wording above implies that only women may be granted the exception of anonymity, which I would change to allow for men too to be granted this anonymity if the man is the victim in the case. Besides that, I do believe that in cases regarding sexual assault, the victim should always have the right to anonymity to avoid harassment, and the perpetrator should not have this right. If the accusation turns out to be false, meaning the victim's case was simply a ploy to ruin the reputation of the perpetrator, the court system should put heavy consequences on the false accuser to combat false accusations.
ReplyDeleteYes, I think this policy is important because it keeps the privacy of the victims. The victim may not want to have this information revealed to the public, so it makes sense to not reveal the victims. When it comes to the accused, however, it may be possible to also have a similar establishment of privacy for the accused. Not in the sense that they are fully and completely private, but, in case there are false accusations, they do not have to deal with the public backlash by tediously correcting. The best way to frame it would be to wait until a trial/allegations or hearings are done.
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