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Twitter Bans "Revenge Porn" Photos

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

NotSanguine writes:

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?

• Re:Types of speech Re:Types of speech (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 16 2015, @08:12AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 16 2015, @08:12AM (#158266)

  That may be a little drastic, but we should at least lock the retards into their back yards, and keep them off of the busy highways.

  Put the pitchfork down before you hurt yourself, son.

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• Re:Types of speech (Score: 2) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Monday March 16 2015, @03:51PM

  by Jeremiah Cornelius (2785) on Monday March 16 2015, @03:51PM (#158423) Journal

  Best read aloud, in the manner of "Foghorn Leghorn".

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  You're betting on the pantomime horse...

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