During the 2015-2016 year ending in March, a total of 206 people were prosecuted utilising new ?revenge
? laws introduced at the start of last year. This comes out of a Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) report, which looks at many aspects of sexual offences against men and women.
A big reason for this happening at all, is because of the introduction of the new legislation. Before it was enacted, going after those who released explicit images of a person without their permission was rather difficult. Copyright law could be used in the case of the victim having taken the picture themselves, but if not, finding a legal action that would stick wasn?t easy.
Now though it?s a crime to post sexual pictures or video without someone?s consent and can even be considered an offence to share those images privately as well.
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