LOS ANGELES: California Governor Jerry Brown signed a first-of-its-kind state law criminalising what has become known as revenge porn — the distribution of private, explicit photos of other people on the Internet, usually by ex-lovers or spouses, to humiliate them.
The measure, which passed both houses of the Democratic-led state legislature almost unanimously last month, makes it a misdemeanor for individuals to take and then circulate without consent such images online with the intent to harass or annoy.
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