The viral video showing two teenage students from a Tobago secondary school having sex in a classroom is at least four years old.
So saysChief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Orville London, who added that the video hassurfaced online many times, from as far back as 2011.
Speaking with the media after the THAExecutive Council yesterday, London said the video had already been dealt withby the school.
"I can only give you the information that was given to me by the Secretary of Education, Youth Affairs and Sport. What he has indicated to me is that the video to which the article refers was first posted in 2011, then reposted in 2013 and then reposted again in 2015. He has indicated that his officers did the necessary investigation and they have reported to him that none of these students is at school as we speak–neither the female nor the two males in question. Based upon what he is telling me, an investigation was launched and things happened," he said.
London said the circumstance clearly signals how lives can be seriously affected through social media.He urged young people and all social media users to be more responsible.
"Here you have something that is four years old becoming front page news and in effect that picture be played over and over again and of course obviously I would expect that some of them would have gone past this but the images remain so that I would just want to urge people, not just young people, not to live out their lives on social media, remember they are entitled to their own privacy. Once you share your privacy with anyone, it no longer belongs to you. In the present circumstances, you lose it almost everlastingly," he said.
Secretary for Education, Youth Affairs and Sport, Huey Cadette, confirmed that he was aware of the video and that it was circulated before. He described the most recentreposting as regrettable.
