Users get very upset when false information about him or unwanted or offensive images appear on the Internet.
They wonder how to behave in such situations, and what options are available to delete offending information, photos or videos from the web?
German lawyer Jonas Jakobsen, an expert in information technology and intellectual property law, says that "no one may post pictures of me without my consent, and if anyone does this, it violates my right to my private image, which is a form of public personal right." This is regulated by the Artistic Copyright Act, which expressly forbids posting of other people's photos by third parties.
Jonas Jakobsen emphasized that a distinction must first be made between publishing and production.
The German lawyer added that consent is only required for publication or public display, but does not apply to the production process itself. However, there are exceptions to this rule, for example when one is photographed as part of a group of people at a demonstration, in which case the photo can also be published without the person's consent.
There are some individual cases that are not entirely clear, such as when a person appears in the background of a photo, but is clearly identifiable, in which case an individual assessment is made. The German lawyer added, "The scope of protection of personal rights is limited, as these rights can be restricted in favor of other people's basic rights such as freedom of the press and freedom of expression."
Rebecca Weiss, of the German Association for Communications and Information Technology, explained that it is not possible to completely prevent unwanted information or images from reaching the Internet.
The German expert added, "Everything that the user shared with others, and what was obtained illegally by hacking the user's devices, can find its way to be published on the Internet." What the user should do in the first place is not to post unwanted images, such as nude photos, on the Internet.
In turn, Dr. Michael Lietger, Director General of the German Initiative Safer Internet (DsiN), stated that the user should restrict access to public contents, for example by setting the Instagram profile to private mode or restricting viewing private photos of a certain group of people, and in this way it is prevented Strangers from misusing the images, which the user publishes himself.
If the user wants to know the quality of the images and information about him published on the Internet, he can search by his name in the search engines or set up an alert directly, so that he will be notified of the new search results by e-mail.
Dr. Michael Letger pointed out that there is a similar method in social networks, which leads to good results, and the user quickly learns of the offensive images through friends and acquaintances associated with him on social networks.
In the event that the user finds an offensive image of himself on the Internet and wishes to remove it immediately, then the responsible person must be contacted and asked to delete the image or change the post. Unwanted images are often uploaded to social networks without thinking and without any bad intentions.
German lawyer Jonas Jakobsen added that it is also important not to re-upload the content on the Internet, and not only to request its deletion, so the user can warn the operator of the website or platform or even the person, who uploaded the offensive images or information, if necessary.
When the content relates to social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, the user is legally required to contact the platform directly; Because these platforms are not responsible for violating the law, unless they are aware of it.
Facebook and Instagram users can use the reporting function, and if a user’s name is tagged on one of the photos, he can remove them himself, and the user can also in “Profile settings” and “Check posts and tags” set not to add tags to other users’ photos without their consent.
However, it is not enough to delete offensive images from social networks only, for several reasons, including; The offensive images may have been re-posted on other pages or a private blog, and the owner of this blog may refuse to delete the images.
Rebecca Weiss added that the user can ask search engines to delete search results, and this method is considered a very effective method, even if the post itself is deleted, if the offensive post does not appear itself on search engines such as Google and others, it will be very difficult to find it on The Internet, and there are some search engines such as "Google" and "Bing" that provide the user with special forms for the desires to be deleted.
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