One Hundred Mauritian in Clips on the Internet Without their Awareness...

The name is evocative: Sexy Mauritius. This compilation of two videos, visible from Tuesday night on YouTube and Facebook, a cold sweat a hundred Mauritian. Because they were unpleasantly surprised to discover that pictures of them in bikinis, there appear ...

In the clips, lasting between 10 and 15 minutes, we see and scroll through dozens of photos of young Mauritians, including minors. Those of a former Miss Mauritius as well as a married woman, lounging in a pool, are also included. While it is recognized, in the background, landscapes homegrown ...

The director calls himself Antish. The latter is also copiously insulted on his YouTube page. "I press charges against you," wrote one of the girls whose photos have been used without his knowledge. "My Facebook page is private. There are very few people who have access to my photos. If by tomorrow, it does not remove the video, I will complain, " said one of the victims to express.

Sought for a reaction, police said, meanwhile, it is sufficient that the injured party makes a complaint to the Cyber Crime Unit initiated an investigation to track down the director. An officer of the Information and Communication Technologies Authority ( ICTA) said, meanwhile, that victims should make their complaints in writing so that the body can ask the police to investigate.

"The director of these videos do not have the right to expose the private lives of these people in public. And the Internet is considered public domain because it is a universal medium that everyone has access " , adds Ashok Radhakissoon, former director of ICTA. "There is also the question of the right of access to the picture. He used photos without their permission. " And to clarify that it is illegal to use a picture of a person, alone or in a group, without his permission. The police can then prosecute offenders under the ICTA Act, if they used a computer tool to harm someone else.