Invasion of Privacy
Invasion of Privacy Case/Internet Case
In this case Dharun Ravi, a college student at Rutgers University was accused and charged for knowingly filming and outing his gay roommate, Tyler Clementi, having a sexual encounter with his boyfriend on multiple occasions. The video footage was being broadcasted live to students who Ravi told about it. He set up a camera and used iChat to get the footage. He would tell students when to tune in through his twitter account. This being said Ravi’s roommate saw the tweets about himself and it caused him to later commit suicide. He was so devastated and humiliated from this that he jumped off of the George Washington Bridge.
The problem from my point of view was that Dharun Ravi taped his roommate, the victim Tyler Clementi, having sex with another man and further more sent it to others who then posted it on to the internet. This caused Clementi to jump off of the George Washington Bridge and commit suicide. The problem looking from the other side of the fence during the case was supposedly that Dharun was suspicious of Clementi’s boyfriend so he was simply trying to keep his property safe by putting up cameras to make sure nothing was taken. He did not mean for Clementi to commit suicide. Those were not his intentions
Clementi is gay and was openly gay. So he was just doing what any other couple would do with their significant other if they felt they wanted to, but because Clementi was gay the situation was magnified greatly. Ravi being uncomfortable with this decided to show others to show his disgust and to embarrass his roommate. Doing so Clementi was humiliated and took his own life.
The media played a big part in this case because of how the situation came about in the first place. The fact that Ravi video tapped it and then posted the video onto the internet. Throughout the case there was evidence that Ravi was advertising these sexual encounters to other students on twitter saying that he had live footage of
In this case Dharun Ravi, a college student at Rutgers University was accused and charged for knowingly filming and outing his gay roommate, Tyler Clementi, having a sexual encounter with his boyfriend on multiple occasions. The video footage was being broadcasted live to students who Ravi told about it. He set up a camera and used iChat to get the footage. He would tell students when to tune in through his twitter account. This being said Ravi’s roommate saw the tweets about himself and it caused him to later commit suicide. He was so devastated and humiliated from this that he jumped off of the George Washington Bridge.
The problem from my point of view was that Dharun Ravi taped his roommate, the victim Tyler Clementi, having sex with another man and further more sent it to others who then posted it on to the internet. This caused Clementi to jump off of the George Washington Bridge and commit suicide. The problem looking from the other side of the fence during the case was supposedly that Dharun was suspicious of Clementi’s boyfriend so he was simply trying to keep his property safe by putting up cameras to make sure nothing was taken. He did not mean for Clementi to commit suicide. Those were not his intentions
Clementi is gay and was openly gay. So he was just doing what any other couple would do with their significant other if they felt they wanted to, but because Clementi was gay the situation was magnified greatly. Ravi being uncomfortable with this decided to show others to show his disgust and to embarrass his roommate. Doing so Clementi was humiliated and took his own life.
The media played a big part in this case because of how the situation came about in the first place. The fact that Ravi video tapped it and then posted the video onto the internet. Throughout the case there was evidence that Ravi was advertising these sexual encounters to other students on twitter saying that he had live footage of