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Man Caught Taking Candid Photos of College Women, Posting to Porn Site

Man Caught Taking Candid Photos of College Women, Posting to Porn Site
4/16/2015
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Suada Kolovic

In a world where just about every Tom, Dick and Harry has a smartphone, it seems as though any innocent bystander is at risk of becoming some stranger's unknowing subject. But what happens when your candid photo gets posted online...to a porn site? Gross!

Last week, the University of Hawaii at Manoa warned students about a man who was taking photos of women and posting them to a porn website. According to reports, the man posted candid photos of 140 women and identified them on the site as students at UH Manoa. And while all the women were fully clothed, one has to ask: What can be done? What laws were broken? Can he be stopped?! Shockingly, this man was within his rights to post these photos despite not asking permission to do so. Myles Breiner, a defense attorney, told Hawaii News Now that because the women were in a public area and were fully clothed, the photographer did not break any laws. "The fact of the matter is, there's nothing illegal," Breiner told HNN. "Unless there's some economic loss, simply someone saying something mean or inappropriate about you, unless you can show damages, there's not a lot you can do." Luckily, UH Manoa's Department of Safety announced that they had identified a person of interest and were working with the Honolulu police. "We are by no means sitting on our hands or washing our hands of this," said Daniel Meisenzahl, a spokesman for the university. (For more on this story, head over to the Huffington Post.)

Do you think UH Manoa should issue a restraining order on the photographer? If he's a student, should he be expelled? Let us know what you think. Please share your thoughts in the comments section. And to learn more about the University of Hawaii at Manoa and other colleges, check out our College Search tool. While you're there, conduct a free college scholarship search where you'll get matched with scholarships, grants and other financial aid opportunities.

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