Interesting. To think we need a law to prohibit this kind of stuff.
Unless you're a libertarian, in which case anything goes.
Woman charged under new Virginia revenge porn lawPosted: Oct 19, 2014 8:34 AM HST
Updated: Oct 20, 2014 6:36 AM HST
By Associated Press
WAYNESBORO, Va. (AP) -- An Augusta County woman faces a misdemeanor charge under Virginia's new revenge pornography law.
Waynesboro police tell media outlets that 28-year-old Rachel Lynn Craig is accused of posting a nude photograph of another woman on Facebook.
The law went into effect July 1. It makes it illegal to distribute a sexually explicit image of others without their permission. The phenomenon is called "revenge porn."
Police Sgt. Brian Edwards says the 22-year-old victim told police that Craig took the photograph from a cell phone belonging to the woman's boyfriend and posted the image on Facebook. The woman says she had taken the photograph of herself and sent it to her boyfriend's cell phone.
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The new law, which came into effect on July 1, 2014, is reprinted below:
§ 18.2-386.2. Unlawful dissemination or sale of images of another; penalty.
A. Any person who, with the intent to coerce, harass, or intimidate, maliciously disseminates or sells any videographic or still image created by any means whatsoever that depicts another person who is totally nude, or in a state of undress so as to expose the genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast, where such person knows or has reason to know that he is not licensed or authorized to disseminate or sell such videographic or still image is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. However, if a person uses services of an Internet service provider, an electronic mail service provider, or any other information service, system, or access software provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server in committing acts prohibited under this section, such provider shall not be held responsible for violating this section for content provided by another person.
B. Venue for a prosecution under this section may lie in the jurisdiction where the unlawful act occurs or where any videographic or still image created by any means whatsoever is produced, reproduced, found, stored, received, or possessed in violation of this section.
C. The provisions of this section shall not preclude prosecution under any other statute.
2014, c. 399.
http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/26824640/woman-charged-under-new-virginia-revenge-porn-law
