This behaviour is going on across the most prominent social media platforms. It is likely that some of the women featured are underage. The photos are usually close ups of areas such as breasts, buttocks, and crotches, and "upskirt" photos are common. "Followed her out of the store to get a good shot of that ass" - Comment on Facebook CreepShotsĬreepshots are nonconsensual sexualised photos of women taken in public, then shared online amongst (mostly) anonymous, male users. Trigger warning: nonconsent, voyeurism, rape Get six of our favorite Motherboard stories every day by signing up for our newsletter. “All original post are 100% new freshcreep shots I’ve taken,” a message on a creepshots Tumblr blog reads. Tumblr banned that blog in 2012, then reinstated it. Rather ironically, around the time Reddit banned creepshots, a blog on Tumblr called Predditors was dedicated to outsing those who upload non-consensual images of women. The move signalled a significant cultural shift for the platform, although it still battles offensive and potentially illegal content. On Reddit, users would share creepshots before it finally closed the related sub-reddits in 2012. Other social media giants have also had to deal with the issue of creepshots. However, at the time of writing, it seems Tumblr has not removed any of the nearly seventy blogs Motherboard found. Our Trust & Safety team will investigate each and every claim and take action as appropriate." Tumblr is part of Oath, a company recently formed from Yahoo. As with any questionable content, we encourage our users to report it to us either via our dedicated abuse form or by flagging the post in-product. On Friday, a Tumblr spokesperson told Motherboard in an emailed statement, "There are constantly evolving forms of cyber exploitation that can infringe on our users' privacy and also act as a vector for public shaming, bullying, and other harassment. Yet, the dozens of blogs remain, and can be easily found by anyone, including, presumably, Tumblr’s own moderators. The guidelines also say “don't engage in targeted abuse or harassment,” but many of the clips show whoever is filming the video stalking women through public spaces. Got a tip? You can contact this reporter securely on Signal on +44 20 8133 5190, OTR chat on or email Community Guidelines say users must not “post or solicit anything relating to minors that is sexually suggestive.” Although it is difficult to determine the age of their subjects, some of these videos and images may be violating Tumblr’s own rules. And Motherboard found remnants of only two creepshot accounts that have been deleted, although it wasn’t immediately clear if the owner of the account had closed it themselves, or if Tumblr had done so. Only a handful of Tumblr blogs Motherboard found were flagged as “sensitive,” in which users have to turn off “ Safe Mode” to view the blog’s content. Some accounts do offer to delete photos if contacted by someone who has “cause for removal,” but it is unclear how responsive each particular blog might be. A second user asks for $50 for three years worth of clips. No lowballers please,” to be paid via PayPal. Other creepshot sharers offer to sell their large video collections-one user advertises a cache of around 20GB, for “a donation of your choice. “What is a good camera to use? I’m a college student and would like to submit videos, but my GoPro doesn’t get the job done,” one Tumblr user writes on their blog. A Google search of phrases in the guide suggest it is not available elsewhere online. One Tumblr provides a detailed guide on how potential stalkers can get better quality photos, with sections on iPhones, Android devices, and DSLR cameras. One of the most popular creepshot Tumblrs has some 11,000 followers, and one of its posts has over 53,000 interactions linked to it, including reblogs, where the video or picture then appears on the user’s own Tumblr, spreading the content further. And Tumblr seems to not care at all about the problem,” an anonymous tipster, who first alerted Motherboard to the issue, wrote in an email. “This is only the tip of the iceberg, there are probably hundreds of these accounts filming in high schools, college campuses, in malls, and on the streets. Some of the subjects of these images, as well as many of the clothed creepshots, appear to be young, possibly teenagers. In some cases, the Tumblrs also host ‘upskirt’ photos or videos, where a camera is deliberately, and stealthily, positioned to look up an unsuspecting person’s skirt. Motherboard found just under 70 Tumblr blogs focused on sharing creepshots, most with a bevy of content. Simply typing ‘creepshot’ or related terms into Tumblr’s built-in search function returns a steady stream of tagged posts, and Google queries easily reveal links to relevant Tumblr blogs. “No one is safe,” the tagline on one creepshot Tumblr found by Motherboard reads.
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