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Phys.Org is reporting that Twitter has announced that it is banning the posting of sexually explicit images without the consent of the subject of those images.
From the article:
Twitter has become the latest online platform to ban "revenge porn," or the posting of sexually explicit images of a person without consent. In updated terms of service released Wednesday, Twitter explicitly banned "intimate photos or videos that were taken or distributed without the subject's consent."
The update comes following Reddit's announcement last month of a similar ban, which came after the online bulletin board was criticized for allowing the distribution of hacked nude pictures of Hollywood stars.
Have you been a victim of "revenge porn"? Have you posted explicit photos of others without their permission?
Would any lawyers care to jump in and discuss what copyright infringement issues, if any, might be raised?
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 16 2015, @06:59AM
It seems to me that those who are free speech absolutists would decry such actions
Would they decry it? Not all of them. Free speech "absolutists" generally seem to believe that it's the government that has no place regulating any speech. Twitter could do it, and people could criticize them, but that doesn't necessarily relate to free speech absolutism.
-- at least until their likeness is exposed without their consent.
About as relevant as saying, "You support laws against theft? Well, I bet you wouldn't support those laws if you had to steal!" Yes, given the right situation, many people can be convinced to believe all sorts of things, and might even change their views as it is convenient. But in such bad situations, they are likely neither unbiased nor rational. But what of it? It does not invalidate their points even if we assume that they would change their views.