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Comrade Grumpy

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3. Has anyone been prosecuted for revenge porn? Is it even against the law?
Mon Dec 9, 2013, 03:23 PM
Dec 2013

That is seriously scuzzy behavior, but how is it prosecuted?

i hope the criminal and bottomfeeder that did this to the woman goes to jail. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #1
Has anyone been prosecuted for revenge porn? Is it even against the law? Comrade Grumpy Dec 2013 #3
Revenge porn is a tricky legal area. Xithras Dec 2013 #5
selfies are a bad idea, especially right out of the shower snooper2 Dec 2013 #2
Or people who post to revenge porn sites... LanternWaste Dec 2013 #10
I'm thinking it's one of the students thinking it's a "prank" snooper2 Dec 2013 #14
Then maybe she can get a job teaching somewhere where there are no students... LanternWaste Dec 2013 #17
Same school had preciously withdrawn an agreed placement dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #4
Before the administrators cast scorn upon her... LTR Dec 2013 #6
That was my 1st thought. Feral Child Dec 2013 #15
since the word REVENGE is in revenge porn. wouldnt ultimate revenge be to send a link to a womans seabeyond Dec 2013 #16
A possible scenario Feral Child Dec 2013 #29
because it is way more probable than the boss running into it on line. yet up and down the thread. seabeyond Dec 2013 #31
I disagree with your assumption. Feral Child Dec 2013 #37
even if the dude was doing porn, the odds of him, hitting her picture is minuscule. another we DO seabeyond Dec 2013 #41
+1 nt xulamaude Dec 2013 #42
Yes, that's a given Feral Child Dec 2013 #61
Exactly the question I was going to post Matariki Dec 2013 #18
My best guess- a student stole her phone and did it & then told others about it. KittyWampus Dec 2013 #67
Why are school officials visiting porn sites? Hmmmmm..n/t monmouth3 Dec 2013 #7
That was my first thought as well Orrex Dec 2013 #8
Ditto Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2013 #19
I suspect, if an ex-boyfriend posted the pictures to a "revenge porn site," he notified the school… Journeyman Dec 2013 #12
Still, why would they bother looking? Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2013 #20
Maybe they were trolling. Igel Dec 2013 #40
This is true.. pipi_k Dec 2013 #66
What usually happens (as it did at my wife's school) is that a student 'finds' the photo kelly1mm Dec 2013 #76
salon hfojvt Dec 2013 #9
Why did so many people click on this thread in DU, but when a post is Coyotl Dec 2013 #21
No, I clicked on the post because there should be laws against pnwmom Dec 2013 #23
+1 nt xulamaude Dec 2013 #43
Because 'revenge porn' xulamaude Dec 2013 #11
I understand the concept of selfie's mstinamotorcity2 Dec 2013 #13
There should be laws allowing criminal prosecution pnwmom Dec 2013 #22
There is a constitutional right to privacy. Coyotl Dec 2013 #25
That's what I was thinking. I wonder why I haven't heard pnwmom Dec 2013 #30
First rules of being a gentleman or gentlewoman. hunter Dec 2013 #24
First rule of owning a cell phone with selfies, or without them. Coyotl Dec 2013 #36
"on-open contact image so it gets returned" xulamaude Dec 2013 #45
An image appears when you turn your phone on, a background file. Coyotl Dec 2013 #47
Okay - but wouldn't that be xulamaude Dec 2013 #48
It helps you get your phone back when it is lost, 99.99% of the time. Coyotl Dec 2013 #50
I understand the tech and password protect is pretty xulamaude Dec 2013 #53
Stolen vs. lost. Coyotl Dec 2013 #70
Which has been my point all along xulamaude Dec 2013 #71
My cellphone and my laptop are pre-camera age. hunter Dec 2013 #49
Exactly: "The people who are suffering here are the victims of this society's misogyny ..." Coyotl Dec 2013 #52
perhaps because i am totally non photo genic but this whole picture thing has me confused dembotoz Dec 2013 #26
can someone PLEASE tell me Skittles Dec 2013 #27
To send to the person you want to tittilate a bit. Coyotl Dec 2013 #28
and they trust that person to never, ever share the pics Skittles Dec 2013 #32
I think the concept of sending out nude pictures is insane. I would never do it, period. bluestate10 Dec 2013 #54
I thought it was insane 40 years ago Skittles Dec 2013 #59
Yeah - Ms. Toad Dec 2013 #63
Naughty fun. Feral Child Dec 2013 #33
I understand the concept of naughty fun Skittles Dec 2013 #34
Some can. Feral Child Dec 2013 #39
no, no, no Skittles Dec 2013 #60
you are right skittle. even though some of us may want to have fun we dare not cause of the numbers seabeyond Dec 2013 #44
Phone sex was much safer when it was just words. Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #46
Okay, which school official was surfing porn sites? B Calm Dec 2013 #35
Private school. At-will employer. She resigned and is SOL. n/t duffyduff Dec 2013 #38
"after school officials discovered a nude photo of her on a so-called revenge porn website" Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #51
The students alerted school officials of the nude photos Harmony Blue Dec 2013 #55
If you don't want dirty pictures of yourself posted on the internet, don't take dirty pictures of AuntFester Dec 2013 #56
They are not dirty pictures. They are nudity. The "dirty" is a mental concept. Coyotl Dec 2013 #57
Obfuscation notwithstanding, I'll bet you know what my point was. AuntFester Dec 2013 #58
We could blame the sad disgusting perverts who posted the pics NuclearDem Dec 2013 #62
The two are not mutually exclusive Kaleva Dec 2013 #69
Not taking anything from the creepy perv who posted the pictures. AuntFester Dec 2013 #75
1. Revenge porn is ugly and I wish it would be prosecuted. kiva Dec 2013 #64
Never do anything in front of a camera pintobean Dec 2013 #65
It's such a simple pipi_k Dec 2013 #68
There are so many people who don't care if the whole world sees... hunter Dec 2013 #74
i liked your other post on this also. that is how i grew up, in that environment. seabeyond Dec 2013 #77
So uhm Christian school officials are trolling revenge porn websites? L0oniX Dec 2013 #72
I'm wracking my brain on this--can somene help me out? Orrex Dec 2013 #73
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