Facebook Page Allegedly Outed Convicted Pedophile
Social Media // Northern Ireland, UK
A child molester accuses the social network and user Joe McCloskey of misusing his private information and breaching privacy laws.
A photograph and details about the sex offender appeared on 'Keeping our kids safe from predators II', a Facebook page administrated by McCloskey.
The man, who cannot be identified, claims the page was inciting violence against him and prompting others to find out where he lives.
“One user called for him to be hung while others endorsed shooting him,” the Belfast Telegraph reports. “The man claimed he was then threatened with being thrown off a pier during a fishing trip, hounded out of a cinema and had to use a supermarket trolley to fight off another tormentor.”
McCloskey claims he has named-and-shamed about 400 sex offenders on the page.