Video: Attorney-General On ‘Revenge Porn Law’
The Bermuda Government released a video about the Criminal Code Amendment Non-Consensual Sharing of Intimate Images Act 2021 with comments from Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs Kathy Lynn Simmons.
In an online post, the Government said, “This Bill introduces criminal offences and penalties relating to the nonconsensual sharing, or threat of sharing, intimate images and prohibited visual recordings, and the offences of observing or making recordings in breach of a person’s privacy.”
The Attorney-General previously explained that the Criminal Code Amendment [Non-Consensual Sharing of Intimate Images] Act 2021 “introduces criminal offences and penalties relating to the non-consensual sharing, or threat of sharing, intimate images and prohibited visual recordings, as well as the offences of observing or making recordings in breach of a person’s privacy.”
“In our twenty-first century world, a new form of technology-facilitated abuse has emerged that is commonly known as ‘revenge porn’.” she said. “The relevant offences proposed within the Bill for inclusion in the Criminal Code Act 1907 are:
- Observations or recordings in breach of privacy;
- Distributing intimate images;
- Distributing prohibited visual recordings; and
- Threats to distribute intimate images or prohibited visual recordings.
“To operate as an appropriate deterrent, and to ensure the seriousness of the offences is understood by the public, the penalties for all offences are up to three years on summary conviction and up to five years on indictment.
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