Azadeh Namdari: Victim of sinking ethics of social media?

Barnes points out that in France, for instance, photographs that are not of public interest cannot be published without the celebrity’s permission.“In Europe they talk about free development of personality and human dignity,” she says. “They insist upon a meaningful definition of what the public has a right to know. They want to separate the issue because of the longstanding need to offer respect for individual privacy.”