Heavy fines for the perpetrators of ” porn avenger “

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Wednesday, 6 December 2017 08:43

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SYDNEY | Australia, has presented on Wednesday a draft law imposing heavy fines to those who practice the “revenge porn” posting without permission of photos or videos intimate as well as social networks hosting these images.

It is an arsenal of civil penalties, which would add to the criminal law existing and which aims to make the process easier for victims.

A national survey conducted with more than 4,200 people this year revealed that one Australian in five has been photographed in intimate situations without their consent and then threatened to see the images broadcast on social networks.

Under the proposed law, the perpetrators may be punishable by a fine of up to 105 000 dollars, and social networks like Facebook 525 000$.

The minister for Communications Mitch Fifield has been hoped that these fines can deter those who would be tempted by the ” revenge porn “.

“These civil penalties will make people think before distributing intimate images without consent, whether an ex-spouse of a victim who seeks revenge, an acquaintance or an unknown evil “.

The victims will be able to enter the eSafety committee, the Committee of australian computer security while an administrative law judge will impose the fines.

They will be able to avoid going to see the police and a criminal court process is often slow and expensive.

That won’t prevent that perpetrators can be prosecuted also to the criminal courts, if the victims so wish.

The civil regime provides for the prosecution to provide the “clear and convincing evidence” of the crime, rather than “the burden of proof is” more difficult to establish responsibility in the criminal justice system.

The new legislation presented to Parliament is also accelerating the procedures for the withdrawal of the images in question, explained the minister for Women Michaelia Cash.

“Where intimate images of someone are posted online without consent, the main concern of the victim is that they should be removed as soon as possible, and it is this that allows our law,” she said. It is ” often a way to harass and intimidate the women, it is a growing problem and we take strong measures to tell the perpetrators that we will not tolerate it “.

Australia is one of the countries at the forefront of the fight against the porn avenger “. The Commission has recently launched a portal to enable victims to make known cases of online distribution of images without consent.

The eSafety Committee then works with the sites and the search engines to get their removal.