Do you think Admin should be able to read PMs without permission?

[Alex]

Do you think Admin should be able to read PMs without permission? First and foremost, I will respond with a resounding NO. Reading without authorization is an infringement of dignity, and PMs might stand for Personal or Private messages. However, there are some circumstances where it's okay to read private messages of other users, for example, if your received a report from a member against another user's PM, that might breach TOS or laws.

 

[Busybee]

I respect the privacy of my users. I have disabled access to the admin so that they won't be able to view PM. In case of disputes, would ask them to send a screenshot of the offensive message or post to admin to take necessary actions. All of their Personal messages are safe and secure on my website.

 

[HK World]

I think snooping into someone's personal or private messages may seem unethical, but there are some important factors that we should not ignore. For instance, in some cases, an admin needs to keep an eye on the activities of the users on their site to avoid any kind of illegal business activity or anything that could be against the law or their policies.

 

[BrolySSJ]

If you receive a report then I think that it is a very important thing to be able to read the message and make sure that there are measures that are put in place in order to try and address the report as well. However, i think that an alert should also be set up for certain key words in the pm messages as well in order to be aware of some messages that may be considered as harmful even before they are reported, including terms of hate speech perhaps.

 

[Kane]

I don't think the admin should read users' private messages, however, if the messages are reported for abuse by another person, the admin should read the message and take necessary action. in most cases, users abuse the private messaging systems to spam someone else's inbox.

 

[Riberet19]

No, I do not believe that private messages should be read without permission unless the messages have been reported by users for violating the Terms of service of the website. I believe that the privacy of the messages, as long as this does not happen, should be respected.

I would feel spied on if I found out that my private messages were being read without my permission on any website.