I agree! The safety and privacy of models is something that I take very seriously, and I think that mfc has an obligation to do what it reasonably can (within certain constraints) to ensure the safety and privacy of its models.
The issue here, as I take it, is to what extent mfc is justified in going to protect the safety of its models (there must be some limitations -- the question is what they should be). In particular, is mfc justified in adopting the following policy, which I think that we can reasonably infer that mfc endorses, given what Tilly has said:
I'm reluctant to support this policy, largely on the grounds that I think that one could probably argue that it violates mfc's privacy policy (or at least plays fast and loose with it). If that's the case, then that raises serious questions about how much confidence any of us should have in the privacy policy. If mfc are willing to violate it in this sort of case, what's to say the won't violate it in other kinds of cases? Since ALL of us (members and models) trust mfc with important personal information, this is the sort of thing all of us should be concerned about.
My own view is that the above quoted policy is problematic, and should be replaced by something like this:
If mfc has evidence that a member has harassed, threatened, or is behaving in a way that mfc determines may seriously compromise the safety of any mfc model, then mfc reserves the right to provide appropriate law-enforcement agencies with information including, but not necessarily limited to, the member's chat logs, mfc mails, alternate usernames, and uniquely identifying personal information (including the member's real name and address).
I think I'd be cool with something like this. It is more clearly consistent with mfc privacy policy, so that likely solves the privacy problem. From my view, it also looks like at a minimum it would be no worse than the current policy with regards to ensuring that the appropriate parties outside of mfc have relevant information pertaining to the member (since we're assuming that models would only use a member's real name to provide information to the police -- right?).
Anyways, I'd love to hear what models on here think of this alternate policy that I've suggested. Would it adequately address your concerns about safety? Or do you have another policy that you'd like to propose?
