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• Fact/Fiction. People tend to believe everything that is posted on the internet, regardless of the source or reliability. Falsehoods can be made about the crime, the victim and the offender.

• Even though account profiles may be set to private, victims’ social media presence can still be found. It is almost impossible to keep personal information private when social media is involved. This might compromise victims’ safety or integrity.

The above paragraphs concentrate mainly on common victimisations. In this section, we also want to reflect on the role of journalists as witnesses of severe victimisation and the risks that this entails, in particular for photojournalists. This topic can be related to the emergent trend called visual Victimology (Herrera, 2018; Varona, 2015).

The etymology of the word photography is writing or drawing with light. Photography is viewed both as an art and a technology for recording reality. It is also a technique or instrument for qualitative research in visual anthropology, sociology, criminology and Victimology. Above all, photography is a way of communication. Photography can express dimensions of victimisation and recovery in ways victimological research cannot reach because of the limits of the scientific method. The understanding of any photographic expression will depend, both in public and private spaces, on the eyes and context of the observer, particularly if they were victims. Despite this introspective character, photography has a public and activist character concerning digital memory and recovery from traumatic victimisation. It makes visible the invisible dimensions of victimisation.