No one has ever gone on Facebook, looked at nonconsensually posted intimate photos, typed a rape threat, and then stopped and said, Oh, I better not make rape threats, that is against the military's social media policy.
Speier emphasizes that social media policies do not prevent harmful behavior online.
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