Apology and Warning: The Real Limits of Digital Exposure

Introduction

Today we are publishing an article that touches on a very sensitive and personally painful topic – the disclosure of the identity of one of our members in an online environment where anonymity means safety, survival, and basic human dignity.

Our first reaction was quick – perhaps too quick. In our desire to immediately protect our member, we wrongly linked the disclosure to the domestic portal sloescort.com. For this mistake, we sincerely and publicly apologize.

Where is the real source of the publication?

After further verification, investigation, and forensic confirmation of the URL (thanks to our development team), we found that the disclosure of the personal name and link to her work occurred on a foreign forum. It is an aggressive platform outside the EU that indexes, links, and exposes individuals – without legal filters, without editorial responsibility, without respect for the person.

What have we done?

We sent an official takedown request to the forum administrators.

We will support our member in preparing a report to the Information Commissioner.

We are exploring options for legal-international protection – including through organizations dealing with digital security of sex workers.

SloEscort.com – Thank you for the response

On this occasion, we wish to publicly express our respect for the response of the editorial staff of the sloescort.com portal. Your immediate communication, verification, and willingness to engage in dialogue are a sign that responsibility in the digital space is not an empty phrase. We acknowledge that you were wrongly exposed – and that is precisely why we appreciate your maturity in accepting the apology.

Why does this matter?

Because disclosing the identity of a sex worker is not an internet prank. It can be: life-threatening, a source of extortion, a cause of loss of home, children, job, deterioration of mental health. The stigma they already carry in the real world becomes multiplied in the digital one. The internet has a long memory. And it never forgets.

Call to the community

If you are in a similar situation: Collect evidence (screenshots + URLs). Do not react impulsively – consult with us. Contact the forum administrators – and also us.

Dobra Družba has not only legal expertise but also people who know how to react, find, write, and – if necessary – speak out loudly.

For anonymity. For safety. For dignity.

Žiga Sedevčič, Advocate for the Rights of Dobra Družba Members, 069 655 069