Posted on 07/30/2015 10:34:53 AM PDT by 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.
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I bet they will..............................
Well gee, great all of our other problems have been solved, now that Congress is taking on this issue of vital national importance.
If you don’t want people to see it, don’t take pictures of it.
This will require a closed door meeting.. in the mens room.
NO FOOT TAPPING!
All Americans shall behave nicely towards each other! Congress commands it!
I am sure govvernment will be most helpful in fixing this. /s
But of course, that is expecting people to act responsibly, and the liberals cannot comprehend that concept.
I bet there will be a lot of volunteers to work on this.
Maybe if girls would stop slutting it up and riding the cock carousel, there would be no revenge porn.
My guess is foot tapping is now allowed and even celebrated.
Revenge video and the medical device tax. Glad Congress has their priorities in order.
They got nothing better to do?
The place is burning to the ground and they’re concerned with polishing the door knobs?
But of course, that is expecting people to act responsibly, and the liberals cannot comprehend that concept.
Can't you just hear the anti-abstinence, pro-homosexual, 'the little kiddies are going to do it anyway so we have to give them condoms' crowd blabbing about how no one really has self control, that self control is just a cultural construct created by hateful Christian white heterosexual males who are just trying to keep everyone repressed. If only we would get off our high horse and just encourage everyone to have promiscuous sex with relative strangers and then give them all the digital photos of themselves, then they would finally have utopia.
Really hate the culture they have created.
My thoughts also.
Next will be a law like CA’s (for universities) that both participants of a sexual act must (nearly) sign a free consent contract before the act.
(BTW both these laws are targeted to go after men.)
More $$$ for lawyers.
Does this mean that the footage Obama is using to blackmail people will become illegal?.../s
> The place is burning to the ground and they’re concerned with polishing the door knobs?
I guess you could call it that. I’m sure there are Congressmen and Supreme Court Justices that are experts...
(sigh)....we’re chopping babies apart on video and selling the parts, and Congress wants to investigate THIS??
I don’t know about you, but I would never, ever in this day and age want to sit on a jury and have to determine what was “consensual”.
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