This initial discovery of the folder was met with condemnation from the Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Fiji Police Force, University of the South Pacific and Fiji National University vice-chancellors, and the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre.
The banning of the link comes almost two months after the Fiji Sun brought to public attention the nude images in a Dropbox folder in September. On their website, Dropbox also confirmed that the links which generate unusually large amounts of traffic are automatically banned. The international file hosting service published on the disabled link: “the person who shared it has hit their daily limit of traffic or downloads.” Fiji Police spokesperson, Ana Naisoro said the investigation was of a “sensitive nature” and that some of the victims were reluctant to come forward to assist.ĭropbox has temporarily disabled the link to a public folder containing almost 900 explicit photos of unsuspecting young Fijian women.