Facebook loses legal bid to prevent girl suing over naked picture on 'shame page'
by Henry McDonald and Jasper Jackson from Technology | The Guardian on (#1TGCH)
Lawyer for 14-year-old, whose image was posted on 'shame page' on social network, compared publication to child abuse
Facebook has lost a legal bid to prevent a 14-year-old girl from suing the company over a naked picture of her that was posted on a "shame page" on the site as an act of revenge.
A high court judge in Belfast on Monday rejected Facebook's attempt to have the claim by the girl struck out. She is also taking legal action against the man who allegedly posted the picture in what lawyers claim is the first case of its kind in the UK.
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