Revenge porn was made a specific offence in the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015. The Act specifies that if you are accused of revenge porn and found guilty of the criminal offence, you could be prosecuted and face a sentence of up to two years in prison.
However, as revenge porn is categorised as a communications crime, its victims aren’t given the same automatic anonymity as sexual offence victims. Now, a new Law Commission review is looking into this situation and examining if it needs to be changed so that victims can be granted automatic anonymity in court. It will also consider if “cyber-flashing” and “deepfake” images should be criminalised.Cyber-flashing is when people receive unsolicited sexual images on their mobile phone, and deepfake pornography is where an individual’s face is superimposed on to pornographic photos or videos.
reported that Justice minister Paul Maynard who helped call for it said: “No one should have to suffer the immense distress of having intimate images taken or shared without consent. We are acting to make sure our laws keep pace with emerging technology and trends in these disturbing and humiliating crimes. This review will build on our recent work to make upskirting and revenge porn illegal to protect victims and ensure perpetrators feel the full weight of the law.
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