A Northern Ireland man whose 12-year-old daughter won't stop posting "sexually explicit" photos of herself on Facebook is suing the social media giant for failing to enforce its own age restrictions.
According to Hilary Carmichael Solicitors, the suit alleges Facebook is "guilty of negligence" and creating "a risk of sexual and physical harm" to the child.
"She appears heavily made-up, she appears in a provocative pose and she appears much older than her 12 years," Carmichael told BBC News.
The child also posted details about where she lives and attends school. People started contacting her asking for more pictures and sending her sexually charged messages, Carmichael told the news agency.
The girl's father shut down her account, but she just opened a new one.
Facebook requires users to be at least 13, but doesn't have any method of checking a person's age.
I guess the thought of keeping her away from a computer and taking away the slutty makeup (aside from grounding her until she's 25) never occurred to him. Nah, easier to sue Facebook.
The daughter isn't the only 12 year old in that family, apparently.
"Hang on while I log in to the James Webb telescope to search the known universe for who the fuck asked you." -- James Fell
Just last Sunday I took a phone call from the parent of a "mentally ill" kid we just took on. (The kid is no more mentally ill than you are.)
"He's gone off with his mates again, hasn't been back all weekend, and I think he's been smoking cannabis with them. He's got a friend, I think he's called Ashley, and I think he lives in Turner*, can you go and try and talk him into coming home? He just hangs up his mobile when I ring him."
"No."
*Turner is a suburb of Canberra.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
I would guess that the father is paying for the computer/internet connection and cell phone. Stop paying the bills and the companies will shut of the service for him (seeing as how he doesn't have the balls to stop her himself).
