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posted by janrinok on Monday March 16 2015, @05:16AM   Printer-friendly
from the nudge-nudge-wink-wink dept.

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?

 
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  • (Score: 1) by Shimitar on Monday March 16 2015, @07:18AM

    by Shimitar (4208) on Monday March 16 2015, @07:18AM (#158256) Homepage

    Interesting, so if cannot publish my revenge photos on Twitter now i can print them and hang the prints all around my university, neighborough, shopping mall, parking lot...
    Wait, those places already most probably ban nude pics... but if i want to do it, who cares? It's even worse, because i can do it much more anonymously than on Twitter (just wear a hat, choose good timing, and move away quickly), bonus added if you can do that on some subway or bus stops too...

    So is this actually an incentive in making revenge photos more anonymous and move them to "the real world" or it's just a stunt?

    In the end, isn't the poster responsible like in any other real-world place?

    Or maybe not, because in this case Twitter with it's TOS gains rights on the photos, and for once it's backfiring?

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