Congress Set to Examine Revenge Porn

usnews.com ^ | 7/30/2015 | Steven Nelson

[GoneSalt]

A bill that would make the nonconsensual distribution of intimate photos a federal crime finally is ready for introduction.

The legislation seeks to ban “revenge porn,” which an increasing number of states punish with criminal penalties, but against which there’s no federal law, complicating efforts to remove the often humiliating content and penalize distributors.

Revenge porn generally is posted online by jilted lovers or hackers. In many cases, victims share the material with someone they trust, then rue the decision when it appears online without their permission, sometimes accompanied by their name, workplace and contact information.

The effort to criminalize such conduct is spearheaded by Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., who began work on the proposed law more than a year ago, Her office says its deliberative pace – the bill’s introduction is now planned for Sept. 9 -- was slowed by an effort to address concerns about unintended effects on legitimate speech online and accidental violators.

The bill proposes a prison sentence of up to five years for offenders along with a fine. Though many details have been tweaked – and may continue to be adjusted ahead of introduction – this detail has remained consistent, according to Speier’s office.

[dfwgator]

So what Freedoms are they going to take away for this one?

[Ouchthatonehurt]

Senator, how do you view “revenge porn”?
In HD where possible.

[Raycpa]

If Congress oulaws revenge porn, who defines what that is? Is a post by a FReeper against a law maker revenge porn?

[DaveyB]

Let see in fornication-nation where virtue is non-existent, and sex=love, some folks take and give out pictures of themselves that they do not want to be seen advertising their sexual desirability to somebody they are not wedded to. When the unthinkable happens and the fornicators move on to fornicate with others the old pics are sometimes used to humiliate and punish a promiscuous party by publishing their promiscuity-publicist photos.

Yep that is a national crisis. One of irresponsibility so I expect congress to get right on it, after all if anybody knows about irresponsibility it is a congress that has the country 18 trillion dollars in debt with each citizen owing $7700 in interest alone.

[GOPsterinMA]

I could spare an hour or two...