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November 03 2014

So-called "sexting" without consent is now an offence in Victoria. From today, anyone who maliciously or deliberately spreads intimate images of another person - or threatens to do so - faces prosecution under two new offences. The ban applies to intimate images of anyone under the age of 18 as well as images of adults without their consent. Those who illegally spread such images can be jailed for up to two years. Those who threaten to distribute them can be jailed for up to one year. The new laws also introduce exceptions to child pornography offences so those under 18 will not be prosecuted or placed on the sex offenders' register for consensual, non-exploitative sexting. Attorney-General Robert Clark said it was important the law kept up with changing technology. "Previously, the law provided only limited protection against malicious distribution of intimate images and this behaviour can cause considerable harm to victims, especially when images go viral," he said in a statement.

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RHP User

10 years ago

Plus I think there is a law in England, called forget me. That is so that stupid things people do cannot be held in cyber space for years and then come back to haunt them. The laws are catching up with the technology. It would be good if you could not take snap shot of a computer screen so that others could not then send it on. I have seen that done a few times on here, once pictures were sent of a woman and her husband , swinging pictures and sent to her mother at her work. another person used a forum post and the consequence was the loss of that persons job. there are some very unwell and malicious people in the world, and they are beautifully disguised as some lovely sweet thing that butter would not melt in their mouth. The should call it the poison ivy clause. To stop the poison growing and spreading. There are also people that are jealous, or revengeful and want to deliberately hurt, like x wives/husbands etc your pictures can be the ammunition they need. If you want to send pictures of yourself, at least talk to a guy on the phone so you know its an adult for starters. Its going to be a tricky one to enforce I would think.

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RHP User

10 years ago

a law against the misappropriation of someone else's photos? Stealing someone's identity is ,but I wonder about photos taken from the internet...This law Ralf should be Australia wide xxFreya

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RHP User

10 years ago

yay, yay, yay! Silly, disrespectful people mean that laws have to take the place of good judgment and common decency. Shame, but yay that they do.

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RHP User

10 years ago

that was a cut and paste of a story on NineMSN, not my words, just thought is was worthy of mention in here as I am sure plenty of it goes on.

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Insomnian

10 years ago

I'm guessing this laws come off the back of all those stars who's cloud accounts got hacked and their images leaked onto the net. Will probably be the first in many cyber image protection laws due to be brought forward and passed.

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QLDtwo4fun

10 years ago

Burning_Love's post said it all. Even if it's not someone you are interested in to try and humiliate them like that is cruel. If it's an offensive image or a serial pest, share it with the authorities.

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RHP User

10 years ago

and still the one punch (cowards punch) is still not punished as harshly

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