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8/29/2013 6:49:50 PM
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Should "Revenge Porn" be Illegal?
[url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/27/revenge-porn-california_n_3825670.html]Article[/url]
[quote]“I never thought that this person would have done this to me,” said an anonymous woman to WGN Chicago. "I thought he was the one that I was going to end up marrying."
The woman was a victim of "revenge porn"--the practice of posting nude or graphic content of a person online without his or her consent. During a relationship, she sent private, explicit photos to her boyfriend. But after a rocky breakup, he posted them online. Now, she can't escape them.
“It’s the worst betrayal that could ever happen to someone," she said.
Scorned lovers have long sought revenge on exes, but in the age of the Internet, smartphone cameras and YouTube, it's a whole new ballgame.
On Tuesday, the California State Assembly debated Senate Bill 255, which would make revenge porn a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in prison and a $2,000 fine. The bill cleared the Senate by a 37-1 earlier this summer.
"Right now law enforcement has no tools to combat revenge porn or cyber-revenge," said Sen. Anthony Cannella (R-Ceres), who proposed the bill, in a statement. "Unfortunately it is a growing trend and there are a lot of victims out there, a lot more than I ever imagined. It's destroying people's lives.”[/quote]
I agree with this law. I don't think it should be OK for anyone to post naked pictures of someone else for revenge. It's already against the law to reveal private information about other individuals to an extent, depending on where you are, who the other person is, and who the information was revealed to. I think that intimate pictures that are clearly meant to be private should be protected by the law.
So do you agree that revenge porn should be against the law? Or should it be considered protected speech?
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Hell no. If you send pictures or videos, it's your fault if they end up on ugotposted.
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Yes, it should be.
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huh, i thought this would be a discussion of the Saw XXX movie.... pretty sure that's already illegal, OP. invasion of privacy.
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Victims =|= idiots learn the difference.
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It's stupid to film stuff like that, but it's sick to use it as a weapon, so... Can't decide.
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I think it should be. It is hard though because I am juggling with the idea of that when you post anything digitally that you are taking the risk of it getting out. Dont take nude photo of yourself and that would solve the problem. However with that said getting mad and posting nudes for the sole purpose of hurting someone isnt ok and should be punishable.
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Worst betrayal? Murders?
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If you don't want pictures of yourself to get out. Don't take them. We don't need to make a law protecting teen girls that go whoring around. It's their fault
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While I do think that's it fair enough that uploading porn of somebody without their consent should be illegal, isn't there a possibility that somebody could abuse this by uploading a nude picture of themselves after a breakup and then claiming the other person did it as revenge porn?
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Once it's out there you're -blam!-ed. So, having an incentive to prevent that, would be good.
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Yes. It can be a form of blackmail.
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This is a scumbag move but it is a small thing to get angry at.
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6 RepliesYeah, it should be against the law for sure, but people need to get less worked up about when these pictures leak onto the internet. Sure, it might be embarrassing, but "destroying people's lives"? Please.... only if you let it. Take a lesson from the way celebrities react to "nip slip" pictures. If you laugh it off and let it go, it has about the same effect on your life as a photo of you tripping over a rock or being drunk.
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No and neither should cp
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Yeah that's a sound law, those things are sent in private when people are close, and that's where they're meant to be and where they belong
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I don't know if it should be illegal. If you are worried about nude pictures of yourself leaking to the internet, then don't take such pictures in the first place. You can't give something to another person and expect to retain control over it without some sort of written legal agreement.
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They shouldn't of taken them in the first place. How could you not expect things like that to go onto the internet?
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It depends whether they are hot or not.
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Maybe this will teach people not to do it.
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She should've known this could happen.
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4 RepliesMorally, it's a reprehensible act. One that warrants any retaliation that comes from it; be it verbal, physical, or what have you. But no. I don't feel it should cross into legal territory beyond a possible defamation law suit. Not jail time.
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1 ReplyIs showing my friends a naked, physical photograph of an ex any different from uploading digital nudes of her to the internet? While the first is probably morally questionable, it's not a crime (last I checked, anyway).
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Without consent - yes. With consent, maybe
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13 RepliesEdited by Alucard: 8/29/2013 8:30:21 PMTechnically once a video is made, it belongs to the person who possesses it. It's legal, it should stay legal. Hopefully pepole will stop filming themselves or sending lude photos, it's not that hard to meet up or get a room... preferably without a camera.
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You knew the consequences by doing such a thing so be prepared to face them.. She also could have just went over to his house and give him a naked lap dance or something.. Im sure hed like that better than pictures and if you are paranoid of cameras then invite him to your house.. No consequences.
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In what world does your partner need to have pictures of your private parts? If people weren't so naive they wouldn't have problems like this
