Regulating the non-consensual sharing of intimate images ('revenge pornography') via a civil penalty regime: a sex equality Perspective
The ‘non-consensual sharing of intimate images’, more commonly known as ‘revenge pornography’, is a widespread issue, which can have devastating consequences for victims. However, it is an area where the law has only just started responding to technology, with legislative reforms in several stat...
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| description | The ‘non-consensual sharing of intimate images’, more commonly
known as ‘revenge pornography’, is a widespread issue, which can have
devastating consequences for victims. However, it is an area where the law
has only just started responding to technology, with legislative reforms in
several states including South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, the
Australian Capital Territory and Western Australia. This paper provides
an overview of relevant state and federal laws. Its main focus is to critique
the most recent Commonwealth legislative reforms to regulate the nonconsensual sharing of intimate images via a civil penalties regime. These
reforms were made by the Enhancing Online Safety (Non-Consensual
Sharing of Intimate Images) Act 2018 (Cth), which amended the Enhancing
Online Safety Act 2015 (Cth). This paper critiques the civil penalties
regime from a sex equality perspective, and makes suggestions to improve
the reforms so that victims are better protected and empowered. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-810792020-09-25T01:19:28Z Regulating the non-consensual sharing of intimate images ('revenge pornography') via a civil penalty regime: a sex equality Perspective Evans, Michelle The ‘non-consensual sharing of intimate images’, more commonly known as ‘revenge pornography’, is a widespread issue, which can have devastating consequences for victims. However, it is an area where the law has only just started responding to technology, with legislative reforms in several states including South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Western Australia. This paper provides an overview of relevant state and federal laws. Its main focus is to critique the most recent Commonwealth legislative reforms to regulate the nonconsensual sharing of intimate images via a civil penalties regime. These reforms were made by the Enhancing Online Safety (Non-Consensual Sharing of Intimate Images) Act 2018 (Cth), which amended the Enhancing Online Safety Act 2015 (Cth). This paper critiques the civil penalties regime from a sex equality perspective, and makes suggestions to improve the reforms so that victims are better protected and empowered. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81079 English Monash University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Evans, Michelle Regulating the non-consensual sharing of intimate images ('revenge pornography') via a civil penalty regime: a sex equality Perspective |
| title | Regulating the non-consensual sharing of intimate images ('revenge pornography') via a civil penalty regime: a sex equality Perspective |
| title_full | Regulating the non-consensual sharing of intimate images ('revenge pornography') via a civil penalty regime: a sex equality Perspective |
| title_fullStr | Regulating the non-consensual sharing of intimate images ('revenge pornography') via a civil penalty regime: a sex equality Perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Regulating the non-consensual sharing of intimate images ('revenge pornography') via a civil penalty regime: a sex equality Perspective |
| title_short | Regulating the non-consensual sharing of intimate images ('revenge pornography') via a civil penalty regime: a sex equality Perspective |
| title_sort | regulating the non-consensual sharing of intimate images ('revenge pornography') via a civil penalty regime: a sex equality perspective |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81079 |