California Outlaws 'Revenge Porn'

coondoggie writes "Call it a modern day love story: Boy meets girl; they 'like' each other; they privately sext naked pics of each other to celebrate; girl loses interest, breaks it off; guy responds by posting previously private pics to Internet site specializing in revenge; girl has little recourse, suffers much humiliation, ridicule. There is a lot of pressure to change the outcome of such wretched stories, which seem to be pervasive these days. Some relief is on the way the way, at least in California, where this week the governor signed one of the nation's first laws making so-called 'revenge porn' illegal. Specifically, the bill prevents people from electronically distributing or posting naked pictures of ex-romantic partners after a break-up with the intent to shame the person publicly."

Comments

Re:How about

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't do it :(

Re:Ownership

[UppercaseM]

Not if it was agreed to be kept private (oral contract...go ahead and snicker). Also, I don't think that many people on here are considering the fact many women have pictures taken of them that they are unaware of (drunk, sleeping, hidden cam, etc.), and the type of person that would take those kinds of pictures is the exact type of person that would post them.

Re:How about

[Anonymous Coward]

You (and the original AC) are forgetting the Polaroid instant camera. They weren't purchased for the quality of the pictures or the low price of the film.

Now get off my king-sized water bed.

Re:How about

[YttriumOxide]

"So in the "olden days" i.e. pre-cheap digital cameras, nudey pictures were very rare."

They weren't "very rare". They were just mainly confined to those who had their own darkrooms.

Or anyone who had one of these...