Social media networks face fines of more than Aus$500,000 (US$380,000) under new Australian laws proposed Wednesday cracking down on "revenge porn", with individuals distributing images without consent also risking hefty ...
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Dec 6, 2017
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The fight against online abuse has put increasing pressure on social media corporations to take responsibility for the content that appears on their platforms. As a result, Twitter, Facebook and other sites have created buttons ...
Internet
Nov 27, 2017
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Facebook's latest attempt to tackle the non-consensual sharing of sexual pictures (often known as "revenge porn") appeared so wrong-headed that at first it seemed like a joke. But the social network has made clear its system ...
Internet
Nov 15, 2017
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Facebook's latest attempt to wipe revenge porn off its platform: asking users to send their own nude photos.
Internet
Nov 8, 2017
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In this twilight period of Halloween and the Day of the Dead, and with Bonfire Night imminent, the scary and the weird invade our streets and people gather to watch horror revenge tales at home or the cinema. Revenge in fiction ...
Social Sciences
Nov 2, 2017
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Experts at Newcastle University, UK, are investigating how virtual reality is changing the experience of pornography.
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May 18, 2017
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The first comprehensive research on "revenge porn" has revealed the mass scale of victimisation across Australia, with one in five people suffering image-based abuse, according to a study by Monash University and RMIT University.
Social Sciences
May 8, 2017
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Facebook on Wednesday unleashed a new weapon in the war against "revenge porn" at the leading social network as well as the messaging services Messenger and Instagram.
Internet
Apr 5, 2017
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Research by psychologists at the University of Kent has found that a majority of people would endorse the use of revenge porn and that those who actually post it have a distinct personality profile.
Social Sciences
Mar 2, 2017
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Denmark presented Friday a series of measures to curb "revenge porn", the sharing of nude pictures or videos of people online without their consent, including raising the penalty from six months to two years in prison.
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Feb 3, 2017
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