Revenge Porn - new laws against it in the UK

[Anchor Moy]

In April England/Wales introduced a law to prosecute people posting "revenge porn" - basically intimate pics of their exes. Good thing or more nanny state ?

New laws introduced in April made 'revenge porn' illegal in England and Wales.
The first person convicted under new ‘revenge porn’ laws is to be sentenced today.

Jason Asagba, 21, pleaded guilty to the offence and is due to be sentenced at Reading Magistrates’ Court today.

Prosecutors believe that he is the first person to be convicted under the new laws which were introduced in April. Asagba was charged with the offence on 15 May.

His victim, an unidentified 20-year-old woman, had contacted the police after he posted images of her on social media, causing her “extreme distress”. She reported the incident three days after the new law was introduced...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/cr ... 44898.html