ANDRa born almost sorty, with few members and an unspeed but evident purpose: publish images of their companions, wives or girlfriends, without them knowing it. Over time, that Facebook group, called “My wife”, has become a 32 thousand participants arena. Inside, stolen shots flowed to daily life: A woman in costume on the beach, another while cooking, someone taken to bed or by car. Private images, often intimate, who were put on the window in front of thousands of unknown eyes.
Wives in the showcase without consent: Facebook removes the group
The comments, for those who followed the group, were obviously the second half of the show: Heavy jokes, allusions, judgments on the body of the unsuspecting protagonists. Some tried to mask the faces with scarabocchi or filters, others did not even worry about doing it. In the midst of them, there were those who felt part of an exclusive club, who incited, who simply observed.
The fall of the group “My wife”, Meta intervenes
This morninghowever,, The group was removed. A decision arrived after an avalanche of reports and a wave of indignation, also led by activists and social profiles such as No Justice No Peace And A female wrote it. Meta confirmed the closure Speaking of “violation of the rules against sexual exploitation”. In a few hours, “my wife” disappeared from Facebook.
Revenge Porn, the law is clear: but users challenge it
The question is deeper, though: In Italy since 2019 there is a precise rulearticle 612 ter of the criminal code, which punishes the spread of intimate images without consent, The so -called Revenge Porn. Still, many participants responded with ridicule or insults to those who pointed out the legal risk. The partial anonymity guaranteed by Facebook, “Anonymous participant”, gave the illusion of being safewithout thinking that the administrators of the group and, if necessary, the authorities could still trace them.
See your images, on video or photos, circular on the web, on social media, or in private chats without its consent, causes dramatic and difficult to combat effects. (Getty Images)
Not an isolated
The story of “my wife” is not an isolated episode. It is only the tip of the iceberg. On the net there are other similar places, more hidden but equally frequented: forums, telegram channels, platforms where images circulate without filtersdownloaded and reconciled in a mechanism that seems to never end. Some of these spaces even have a business model: they host advertising and generate earnings on the non -consensual diffusion of private content. It is a gray area of the web, in which the feeling of impunity becomes a rule, also fueled by the slowness with which the platforms intervene.
After closing: escape elsewhere
The closure of the group “My wife”, while representing a significant step, will hardly stop the members, many of whom will have already found new shelters in the digital world. Private groups, filtered accesses, encrypted channels: Logic is always the same, moving where it is more difficult to be discovered. The removal, in fact, however fundamental, is not enough to turn off a phenomenon that regenerates continuously. The problem remains. And it remains, because it is a cultural problem Which is what allows tens of thousands of men to find natural to exchange images of their partners without asking for anything.