Following on from our post in December 2018 which looked at ‘deepfake’ technology, below we consider the challenges posed by the use of such technology to create fake pornographic content and, in particular, what legal and practical recourse might be available to victims. Read the rest of this entry »
Undoing revenge … with Google’s help: Blocking revenge sites on Google – Himsworth Legal
13 06 2018
It is an unfortunate development in our digital society that there is now a tendency to publicly shame and humiliate. Nowhere is this more prevalent than in the breakdown of relationships. It would seem that, to some, revenge is a dish best served online. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Internet, Legal, Privacy
Vlogger Chrissy Chambers secures damages in revenge porn settlement – Iain Wilson
21 01 2018
In a widely-reported settlement, the American vlogger Chrissy Chambers has recovered damages from her former British boyfriend – anonymised in the High Court proceedings as “DCR”. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Brett Wilson, Brett Wilson Media Law Blog, Chrissy Chambers, Iain Wilson, revenge porn
Categories : Privacy, Social Media
Landmark revenge porn cases are a stark warning for perpetrators and social media companies – Alan Reid
19 01 2018
A recent brace of revenge porn civil cases in the UK – which in one instance led to the complainant agreeing to a settlement deal with Facebook and, separately, a YouTube star winning substantial damages – have put on notice potential perpetrators and social media sites. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Privacy, Social Media
Australia: ‘Revenge porn’ bill introduced into federal Parliament – Brigit Morris
15 10 2015
An opportunity has finally arrived for the Australian Parliament to debate proposed legislation that would criminalise the phenomenon of so-called ‘revenge porn’. The rapid development of instantaneous communication technology and increased reporting of revenge porn incidents in Australian media, have intensified calls for the government to criminalise the distribution of intimate and/or sexually explicit images and videos of individuals without their consent. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Australia, Social Media
‘Revenge porn’ criminalised in England and Wales
22 02 2015
‘Revenge porn’, the term coined for the unauthorised sharing of private sexual photographs or videos, often carried out by spurned lovers over the medium of the Internet, has been criminalised in England and Wales under the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (‘the Act’) which received Royal Assent on 12 February 2015. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Social Media
Revenge Porn: It’s criminal … except when it makes a good front page – Joan Smith
19 10 2014
At the beginning of October, The Sun launched a campaign against what has become known as ‘revenge porn’. A number of famous people have been victims of the practice, which consists of a former partner publishing intimate material without their ex’s permission. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Brooks Newmark, Hacked Off, Joan Smith, revenge porn, Sun
Categories : Media, Media Regulation
News: Government announces new “revenge porn” legislation – Alexia Bedat
15 10 2014Revenge porn – the distribution of a private sexual image of someone without their consent and with the intention of causing them distress – will become a specific offence under the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill (“the Bill”), currently going through Parliament.
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Categories : Legal, Social Media
The Perils of “Revenge Porn”, Part 2 – Alex Cochrane
22 07 2014In October 2013, I wrote about the recent emergence of revenge porn. This is the increasingly common problem faced by individuals, usually women, on the break-up of a relationship during which they had shared intimate photographs or videos of themselves with their former lover (consensually) and which are then published online (without their consent) in an act of revenge. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Social Media
Social Media Offences: About the Crime, Not the Medium – Jessica Mason
19 07 2014
The House of Lords Communications Committee has been hearing oral evidence in its inquiry into social media offences. The inquiry, while not exclusively focused on “revenge porn,” takes place amidst a surge in media coverage on revenge porn in the UK, spurred by MP Maria Miller’s statements in the House of Commons and Justice Secretary Chris Grayling’s promise that the government is looking into the issue. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Social Media
