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Harrasment.
I shared a video of a girl who voiced an opinion
about a certain group of people. She told me
sharing her video without permission is
harrasment and she is thinking about taking it
to court. What exactly can she do? I didnt state
anything negative about her, just the topic. She
put it on social media.
Asked on October 9, 2018 under Criminal Law, Florida
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
No, sharing a video that a person created is not harassment: if it was sent to you by her, or available to you (e.g. on her social media site), you may repost or share it. Since you indicate that she posted it on social media, then unless you "hacked" her account or impersonated one of her friends to access it (i.e. you did not have access under your own name), you did nothing wrong that you could be sued or face charges for: reposting or sharing anther person's words, video, etc. which she made available in one way or another to you is perfectly legal. Possibly you violated this social media site's terms of service and could be blocked by it, but that's a wholly different matter and one we cannot comment on, not knowing the terms of service.
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