The US Defence Department is investigating reports that some Marines shared naked photographs of female Marines, veterans and other women on a secret Facebook page, some of which were taken without their knowledge. The photographs were shared on the Facebook page “Marines United,” which had a membership of active-duty and retired male Marines, Navy Corpsman and British Royal Marines. The activity was revealed by The War Horse, a nonprofit news organisation run by Marine veteran Thomas Brennan. “We are thankful that Thomas Brennan, a Marine veteran, notified the Marine Corps and NCIS about what he witnessed on the ‘Marines United’ page,” Marine Corps spokesman Captain Ryan E Alvis said. The social media accounts behind the sharing have been deleted by Facebook and Google at the Marine Corps’ request.

Source: The Guardian March 06, 2017 01:07 UTC