And while we’re talking about revenge porn prosecutions, Dustin Volz reports: Sen. Al Franken is urging the FBI to more quickly and aggressively pursue and respond to reports of revenge porn, marking a rare burst of attention on a controversial topic about which Congress has typically been quiet. In a letter to FBI Director James…
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Kevin Bollaert Sentenced to 18 Years Over Revenge Porn Site “You Got Posted”
Adam Steinbaugh writes: Kevin Bollaert was sentenced by a San Diego court to 18 years in prison following his February conviction on twenty-seven counts of extortion and identity theft. Bollaert was the chief operator of YouGotPosted.com (later uGotPosted.com), which published the nude photos of over ten thousand men and women, almost uniformly without their permission. Bollaert, with…
Suit: Facebook facial recognition technology violates Illinois privacy laws
Tony Briscoe reports: A Cook County man is suing Facebook, alleging that the social media giant has violated Illinois privacy laws with facial recognition software that “secretly amassed the world’s largest privately held database of consumer biometrics data.” Carlo Licata claims in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court that Facebook has violated…
Japanese police flooded with queries over revenge porn
The Yomiuri Shimbun reports: Police received 110 consultations about “revenge porn” within only about one month of the enactment of the law against it late last year, it was learned Thursday. Seven cases believed to be violations of the revenge porn damage prevention bill were also detected between the Nov. 27 enforcement of the law…