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California convicts the first person under its “revenge porn” law

By Jesseb Shiloh1 min readGoogle News

Back in October 2013 California governor Jerry Brown signed the “revenge porn” bill into law. The legislation classified revenge porn as a criminal misdemeanor which meant that vindictive ex-lovers distributing intimate content of an ex to humiliate them could face up to six months in jail and be fined $1,000. The first person to be convicted under this law is 36-year old Noe Iniguez who posted a naked picture of his ex-girlfriend on her employer’s Facebook page with derogatory comments.

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