Monday 13 October 2014

NDM 13

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11144451/Revenge-pornography-could-lead-to-14-years-in-jail-say-new-guidelines.html
'Revenge pornography' could lead to 14 years in jail, say new guidelines
  • Laws and child protection legislation which carry maximum sentences of between 10 and 14 years.
  • CPS spokesman said: “No one should have to suffer the hurt and humiliation of ‘revenge pornography’ 
  • There were 149 allegations of crimes involving revenge pornography during the last two-and-a-half years, according to the eight police forces in England and Wales with data on it.
  • Anti-harassment laws and rules governing malicious communications, all of which carry up to six months’ imprisonment and a fine of up to £5,000.
  • There were 149 cases over the last two and a half years.
Posting “revenge pornography” online could lead to a jail term of up to 14 years after prosecutors issued tough new guidelines in a bid to secure more convictions. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) signalled a significant change of tactics to address growing outrage about what it described as a “nasty and invasive crime”. There has been mounting pressure for a new law to combat “revenge porn”, which involves publishing intimate photographs or video, some of which may include graphic sexual activity, as retaliation against a former partner. Many offenders publish the images publicly on social media web sites such as Facebook or Twitter to humiliate partners after an acrimonious split.

The Crown Prosecution Service said posting online intimate pictures of a partner or former partner as a way of seeking retaliation was a crime that “can and will be prosecuted”.In my opinion I think that revenge pornography is a breach of a persons privacy rights and should not be allowed to happen. The fact that they are enforcing this greatly now will prevent the supposedly stop the famous celebrity Iggy Azelea's sex tape from being leaked. Recently apple had a hacking done to their iCloud servers 



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