revenge porn

A coalition of newspapers, photographers and others are seeking to block enforcement of Arizona's law that criminalizes the "sale, publication or display of nude photos or sexual images without the subject’s consent," the National Law Journal reports. Michael Bamberger, a First Amendment lawyer and one of the counsel on the case, told NLJ "this is a supposed revenge-porn statute that does not require revenge. There is no intent requirement, and it covers far more than porn. That’s why it concerns booksellers, publishers, etc."

California has passed a law to criminalize, as a misdemeanor, posting "identifiable nude pictures of someone else online without permission with the intent to cause emotional distress or humiliation," The Guardian reports. The ACLU opposed the legislation on free-speech grounds.