Panama's National Registry of the Unfaithful Sparks Public Outcry

The website 'National Registry of the Unfaithful' (RNDI) is designed to publish stories anonymously because it has not been possible to identify the name, email, or address used to register the domain, nor the location of its servers. The site's header clarifies that it is for publishing and searching for 'fictional infidelity stories,' an objective that has not been met, and they have even added categories for confessions, lovers, support, and a guide to detecting unfaithful people. The site (rndi.net), which has been online since December 4 of this year, has over 88,707 registrations, of which 7,333 are from Panama, from provinces such as Chiriquí, Veraguas, West Panama, Colón, and Bocas del Toro. The document disappeared, but RNDI gained exposure and is presumed to have originated from the Peruvian version. A group of women in Chile created a document called 'The Blacklist of the Girls,' which was later replicated in Peru. It was an Excel file with names, locations, occupations, and even photos of the supposed unfaithful, which went viral on TikTok. The public shaming continues in the 'National Registry of the Unfaithful' (RNDI), where, by country (23 in total), people are exposed with their names, locations, and even occupations for having been unfaithful. Of the total stories published, which are anonymous and have no mechanism to verify their authenticity, 4,416 were shared this week. 'Dog,' 'cuckold,' 'rogue,' 'machista,' 'frustrated,' and 'liar' are some of the terms that repeat in the infidelity accusations, most of them exposing men. How did it start? In a previous interview with Panamá América, lawyer Suky Yard, regarding this issue, commented that in the country there are laws that protect personal data and the sanctions are not so forceful; however, people fall victim to these practices, ignoring the legal repercussions that this could have.