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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, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 16 2015, @08:10AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 16 2015, @08:10AM (#158265)

    So the consequence of revenge porn, as you said a violation of trust and privacy, should be to pay the victim for the porn, thus making them a porn star only if they were not? There are so many things wrong with this line of thinking that I may have to publish some images without your permission, and not pay you, just so you can remain pure. Don't ever change, Runaway1965!

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