Instant access to the internet has made sharing photographs online easy. Unfortunately, this has opened the door to revenge porn. Also known as nonconsensual pornography, revenge porn is a serious violation of privacy that can have devastating consequences for victims. How might a victim of revenge porn counteract posts of compromising photographs to social media?

Federal Protection: 15 U.S. Code Section 6851

The Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution (S.H.I.E.L.D.) Act, codified at 15 U.S. Code Section 6851, provides protection against nonconsensual pornography. This federal law makes it illegal to knowingly distribute intimate visual depictions of an individual without that person’s consent that depicts: