UK, revenge porn laws, revenge porn, revenge porn legislation, United Kingdom
Revenge porn is a type of illegal activity where a party exposes explicit images or other materials such as videos, of a person whom they had a relationship with but broke up in retaliation to the break up with the aim of hitting back at their significant others. It may also occur when hackers access the photo and video albums of people illegally and exposes explicit content related to those people. According to Jenner Stokes, revenge porn can originate in several ways, such as non-consensual recording of explicit material such as through the use of hidden webcams. Secondly, there can be consensual photography where the recorded scenes are later availed to the internetwithout the players consent. The third one is consensual photography which is later intentionally transmitted to one or more individuals. This third origin is the most prevalent and widespread type of revenge pornography.
[...] This is a clear example of acase where law is used. Though the breach of confidence is the major focus on this case, it does not only breach confidence when on makes public explicit images which were intended for privacy. The remedy can be seen to assume the effects on reputation and other factors.[6] Besides these two countries where there are express laws concerning the spreading of confidential intimate content, in other countries in Europe, there are some laws which, even though they are not expressly stated as revenge porn, they address the same issue. [...]
[...] All in all, the UK revenge Porn laws are insufficient to cover the crime fully and should be properly updated in order to address the issues. As seen from the review above, the various acts and statutory provisions that have been developed by UK's judicial system are not specific to the problem of revenge porn. This at times provides the judges hard times in determining the law to use. There should therefore be drafted new and specific laws to address the issue fully. Bibliography Bazelon, Emily. [...]
[...] Thus, revenge porn also infringes and touches on the privacy laws. The United Kingdom has poorly developed Privacy laws which can be effectively used to protect the victims from the oppressors. It is seen that in the United Kingdom, there is no dedicated privacy law.[8]Due to this, the cases of revenge pornography are usually taken under the right to private and family life which is UN the European Convention on Human Rights.[9] It is of very central importance that the UnitedKingdom Legislators tighten the privacy laws since they can be effectively used to address the issue of revenge porn in the country. [...]
[...] This has however been actualized very recently after many have fallen victims to this act. According to a liberal democrat, by the name of Julian Huppert, there had been a deft which existed for a long time in the law and regulations of the United Kingdom but had only become important.(Bazelon) This act can be hailed considering the high number of cases that people have gone through. In other countries such as the United States, laws criminalizing the distribution of sensual and intimate pictures of people without prior consent from the people have been made into a crime punishable in the courts of law in more than thirteen states. [...]
[...] "Fighting Back Against Revenge Porn." Slate 23 January 2013: 25. Print. Bedat, Alexia. News: Government announces new “revenge porn” legislation October 2014. Print February 2015. Clare McGlynn, Erika ackley. The New Law Against 'Revenge Porn' is Welcome but no Guarantee of Success February 2015. Print February 2015. Edwards, Lilian. Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003: Threat or Menace? 19 October 2012. [...]
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