California moves to outlaw ‘revenge porn’

queennubian:

Today, the California Assembly takes up a bill to create new criminal penalties for so-called “revenge porn” sites, which host amateur nude photos usually uploaded without the subject’s permission. AsThe New York Times reports, the new bill would raise the stakes for the rarely prosecuted crimes, targeting uploaders with up to a year in prison in addition to the civil penalties that often face the hosting sites. The bill would also single out videos or photos taken in private and “in a state of full or partial undress,” as legally distinct, and carrying particular penalties if they’re shared without the subject’s consent.

Some of y’all are about to be under the jail.