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Revenge Porn and Current Laws
to Protect Victims
An Analysis of the Criminalization of Revenge Porn
By: Erin Welsh
Introduction:
 Revenge porn is defined by Merriam-Webster as ”sexually explicit images of person posted online
without that person’s consent especially as a form of revenge or harassment”
 Growing trend in social media
 The effects
 Consent, harassment and privacy
Brief History
 What is porn?
 Privacy and changes in technology
 Three prong Miller Test, Miller v. California 1973
 Prurient Interest Test
 Patently Offensive Test
 Serious Value Test
Case Law
 People v. Barber (2014), first revenge porn case in New York, found not guilty
 State v. Johnson (2018), Minn. Stat. § 617.261 (2016)
 Maurice Washington III is being charged under California revenge porn law
 Bollea v. Gawker Media, LLC, civil remedy – not revenge
Standford Law Review
 41 States and the District of Columbia has revenge porn laws
 Penalties vary from fines and misdemeanor charges to felonies
 Until 2014, California and New Jersey were the only states with any kind of revenge porn law
 New Jersey was the first state to pass a law
 In 2013 study, 47% of revenge porn victims considered suicide
University of Miami Law Review
 Two federal bills under congressional review that in enacted will federally criminalize the
intentional disclosure of private information
 IPPA (Intimate Privacy Protection Act) is the relevant on for this paper
 Introduced as a way to combat the phenomenon of revenge porn
 Focuses on the nonconsensual distribution of pornography
 National study, 1 in 8 of social media users have been a victim
Conclusion
 The First Amendment proposes issues with enacting a law to protect victims
 It can restrict someone right to free speech
 U. Miami L. Rev. argues that IPPA is attempting to place reasonable restrictions on the time, place
or manner of speech
 Limitations
 Future Research
 Interpretation

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Comm law

  • 1. Revenge Porn and Current Laws to Protect Victims An Analysis of the Criminalization of Revenge Porn By: Erin Welsh
  • 2. Introduction:  Revenge porn is defined by Merriam-Webster as ”sexually explicit images of person posted online without that person’s consent especially as a form of revenge or harassment”  Growing trend in social media  The effects  Consent, harassment and privacy
  • 3. Brief History  What is porn?  Privacy and changes in technology  Three prong Miller Test, Miller v. California 1973  Prurient Interest Test  Patently Offensive Test  Serious Value Test
  • 4. Case Law  People v. Barber (2014), first revenge porn case in New York, found not guilty  State v. Johnson (2018), Minn. Stat. § 617.261 (2016)  Maurice Washington III is being charged under California revenge porn law  Bollea v. Gawker Media, LLC, civil remedy – not revenge
  • 5. Standford Law Review  41 States and the District of Columbia has revenge porn laws  Penalties vary from fines and misdemeanor charges to felonies  Until 2014, California and New Jersey were the only states with any kind of revenge porn law  New Jersey was the first state to pass a law  In 2013 study, 47% of revenge porn victims considered suicide
  • 6. University of Miami Law Review  Two federal bills under congressional review that in enacted will federally criminalize the intentional disclosure of private information  IPPA (Intimate Privacy Protection Act) is the relevant on for this paper  Introduced as a way to combat the phenomenon of revenge porn  Focuses on the nonconsensual distribution of pornography  National study, 1 in 8 of social media users have been a victim
  • 7. Conclusion  The First Amendment proposes issues with enacting a law to protect victims  It can restrict someone right to free speech  U. Miami L. Rev. argues that IPPA is attempting to place reasonable restrictions on the time, place or manner of speech  Limitations  Future Research  Interpretation