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California Senate Bill on Revenge Porn Aligns Remedies With Technology

Author: Roslyn Myers, Ph.D., J.D..

Source: Volume 23, Number 01, December/January 2022 , pp.1-1(1)

Abstract:

This article summarizes the main provisions of a proposed bill in California intended to clarify the rights of plaintiffs whose sexually explicit material has been published electronically without their consent under the civil code. The bill, introduced as “Ending Online Sexual Trafficking and Exploitation Act,” Cal. SB 435 (2021-2022), is available at https://LegInfo.legislature. ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient. xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB435.

Keywords: Nonconsensual Distribution of Sexual Material; Remedies for Victims

Affiliations: 1: John Jay College.