Online, mug shots are forever – some states want to change that

Re:Online, mug shots are forever – some states want to chang... by heavyset_go on Friday May 14, 2021 @03:48PM (#27158935)

> I'd also like to see a law making it criminal for a site to post such information without also obviously posting that charges are dropped. You have one week to either take it down entirely or clearly mark it as dropped. If neither is done the post will be considered extortion.

Not only should it be criminal, but people should also be able to file civil suits for damages against businesses that are willing to expend resources to dig up and publish criminal charges and arrest records, but refuse to expend any resources to follow up on their published claims.

It's one thing when tabloids parade around dirt on public figures, it's another thing entirely when the same is done to private individuals.

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Re:Online, mug shots are forever – some states want to chang... by thrwhizzle on Saturday May 15, 2021 @07:36AM (#27164338)

Criminal charges and arrest records are public information. You could not possibly pass a law forbidding someone from displaying public information. And we certainly would not want to pivot to secret court systems.

I think what you really want is just transparency.

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Re:Online, mug shots are forever – some states want to chang... by LorenPechtel on Saturday May 15, 2021 @12:52PM (#27166819)

Yeah, I think we need to allow publishing them so you can't have secret arrests. What I'm proposing to make criminal is publishing deceptive records. So long as you tell the whole truth, fine.

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Re:Online, mug shots are forever – some states want to chang... by thrwhizzle on Saturday May 15, 2021 @01:18PM (#27167032)

I don’t know how you could police that or enforce it. Half truths are basically the entire modern mainstream media.

Arrest type information just needs to be more publicly available so these secondary sites don’t need to exist.

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