Facebook boast of sexual assault sparks outrage, investigation at Ontario college

[tea_blossom]

Facebook removes 'Humber Epic Hookup Fails' page after complaints and police involvement, school official says

There's outrage at Humber College over a post on Facebook page called "Humber Epic Hookup Fails" that describes an apparent sexual assault.

In the post, an anonymous male describes how he met a "girl" at the end of the night, brought her

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[ms_mmelissa]

The social media site originally said the page didn't contravene its publishing criteria.

Of course. RME.

Good for those two young women for reporting.

[moonshaz]

Yeah, that's exactly what I was going to comment on. WTF, FB?

[endlos_schleife]

We had something similar happen at my college a couple of months ago with an anonymous posting admitting to sexual assualt, and while no police investigation was opened, it caused a huge outcry against the administrator of the site who should been responsible for not publishing things like that. Instead he insisted that the right to free speech trumped other people's rights not to be triggered.

[tea_blossom]

That's disgusting. Did anything happen to the administrator? And did they find the perpetrator?

[endlos_schleife]

nope. there was no way of finding out who posted what, and since it was completely anonymous it could possible have been a troll.

the administrator had a meeting with the school about his site, the school itself couldn't really do anything, but eventually the administrator stepped down after protest from other students grew too big, but he still insisted on the "beauty of free speech" and internet feedback.

[tea_blossom]

I'm sure someone with strong programming skills could have found the information. Maybe through an IP address?

[jslayeruk]

I really hate it when newspapers use "sexual assault" when they really should call it what it is. The post doesn't describe a sexual assault. It describes a rape.

[tea_blossom]

That's what it's called in the Canadian criminal code.

[jslayeruk]

Ah, forgive me then. Sorry, it's one of those things that has been bothering me lately. I read a news article earlier that talked about how a man was accused of having sex with an 11 year old. To which I was like "You can't *have sex* with an 11 year old! You *rape* an 11 year old." so the re-framing of sex crimes has been on my mind.

[tea_blossom]

No worries. We call groping sexual assault and rape aggravated sexual assault. There are legal reasons for framing it this way but it escapes me at the moment.

[browneyedguuurl]

[zinnia_rose]

Mr. Mason said that the Toronto police need more information before they can launch a full investigation

Uh, really? You might need more information to convict, but just to launch an investigation? You have A WRITTEN CONFESSION OF RAPE, ffs. If I posted on Facebook that I had several pounds of crystal meth or a dead body under my bed, I would fully expect to have police busting down my door at any minute. I have no doubt that someone is able to track this "anonymous" male, so get on that already.

[lozbabie]

I would assume they would need the name of the woman or the man.

[tea_blossom]

I doubt the abilities of the Toronto police to do anything. If Anonymous found the name of the perpetrator, THEN they could do something but even then they'd need more evidence to convict.

[nickel_curry]

Honestly. We need Anonymous to get anything done properly. I hope the names of the roommates involved comes out.