«This disgusting and treacherous behavior that has no place in new York,» said today, February 28, Governor Andrew Cuomo when the bill providing penalties for revenge porn.
This phenomenon has become common with the advent of social networking. Private photos of erotic content made by people personally or given to a sexual partner, as the destruction of relationships become a weapon in the hands of the resentful parting «former». Revenge or extortion these photos are published in the public domain, causing the victims severe psychological trauma.
Today, lawmakers in new York voted for the bill prohibiting the publication of other people’s photos of erotic content without the consent of the persons depicted in the photo. The victims of this crime can go to court. Guilty, not only pornostudio, but all who are involved in the proliferation of private, pornofoto, will be brought to criminal penalties (up to a year in prison). New York was already the 41 U.S. States that have adopted a similar law.
The document was discussed more than a year, as needed to protect Internet companies from liability for the actions of users of social networks. At the moment the law suit of the representatives of the Internet community, and Governor Cuomo has already declared that will sign it.
