Last year, after breaking up with her boyfriend, a Pittsburgh college student found out that intimate pictures of herself had been plastered across social media and posted on a pornography website with her name and contact information. The pictures also appeared in a Twitter account created in her name, which sent follow requests to her friends and classmates.
It was a classic example of “revenge porn,” the distribution of sexually explicit material without the consent of the individual pictured. Thanks to pro bono help from K&L Gates, the student was able to get the pictures taken down—although there was not enough evidence for a lawsuit against the perpetrator.
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