Sentence examples for distributing revenge from inspiring English sources
The maximum sentence for distributing revenge porn is two years.
If he were an adult, sharing his nude selfies without his consent would be distributing "revenge porn".
In November, 21-year-old Luke King was jailed for 12 weeks for harassment without violence after he sent explicit pictures of a woman to others via WhatsApp, becoming the first person to be jailed for distributing revenge porn.
But, in an age when Internet publishers can, with a few clicks, distribute revenge porn, medical records, and sex tapes — all of it truthful and accurate — courts are having second thoughts about guaranteeing First Amendment protection.
As Jeffrey Toobin wrote in the New Yorker last year: "In an age when Internet publishers can, with a few clicks, distribute revenge porn, medical records, and sex tapes all of it truthful and accurate courts are having second thoughts about guaranteeing First Amendment protection".
Many cases of cyber bullying involve former significant others trying to get revenge on their exes by distributing explicit pictures.
Sergio Ortiz faces one count of distributing a private image of someone's intimate body parts under California's "revenge porn" law, which took effect in October 2013, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
"The United States House of Representatives is considering the Intimate Privacy Protection Act, a bipartisan bill that would make it illegal to distribute explicit private images, sometimes called revenge porn, without the consent of the people involved.
The senior Labour MP warned that misogyny, racism and homophobic abuse were all growing online, as was revenge pornography, in which people distributed sexual photos or videos of former partners without permission.
