Settlement in revenge porn case

werkendam - The girl Chantal, whom a sexy video circulated on the Internet, has reached a settlement with the social networking site Facebook. Therefore no need to rule Friday in a lawsuit between the two parties. Reported that Facebook and crime reporter Peter R. de Vries, who is committed to the cause of Chantal, Thursday.

The girl from Werkendam to know who has put the movie on Facebook early last year. The video was made by the former of the young woman, but he denies that he has put it on the website. The film is often viewed and distributed further.

Facebook had in June already commissioned by the Dutch courts to provide the user information quickly. But since Facebook says the data is not to have more, have the right to get an outside, neutral party access to the systems.

,, Facebook and Chantal have now reached agreement on the appointment of experts to confirm that the requested data are indeed deleted. The research will be carried out jointly by two experts: Dave O'Reilly and Mark Hoekstra, '' said a spokesman for the social network.,, They will start the study as soon as possible. We want to emphasize that we sympathize with the victims and are working hard to ensure that this type of unwanted content is not on Facebook. ''

Both sides send their experts to the Facebook office in Ireland to find the offending sexy video, says Chantal lawyer Thomas van Vugt.