Japan: Government Discusses How to Deal with “Revenge Porn”
(Nov. 20, 2013) In early October 2013, an 18 year-old Japanese high school girl was killed by her ex-boyfriend. The case became national news in Japan. An aspect of the case that was considered...
View ArticleUganda: Parliament Approves Anti-Pornography Bill
(Dec. 23, 2013) On December 18, 2013, Uganda’s 375-member unicameral Parliament adopted the Anti-Pornography Bill, 2011, which seeks to establish a catch-all offense of pornography and provide a...
View ArticleJapan: Possession of Child Pornography Finally Punishable
(Aug. 4, 2014) Since 2008, the Japanese government has pushed for an amendment of the law to make the possession of child pornography illegal. (Sayuri Umeda, Japan: Child Pornography Law Amendment...
View ArticleEngland and Wales: First Woman Convicted Under Revenge Porn Law Receives...
(Sept. 14, 2015) The first female prosecuted under England’s recently enacted “revenge porn law,” a law introduced to punish the sharing of sexually explicit images of people without their consent when...
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