K&L Gates offices in Washington, D.C. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM K&L Gates Attorneys Have Put 28,000 Hours Toward Stamping Out Revenge Porn in Past Decade
The firm's Cyber Civil Rights Project receives an average of 33 requests for help involving revenge porn each week. "The behavior has not gone away. People are still doing the same thing," said program co-founder David Bateman.
September 04, 2024 at 01:40 PM
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What You Need to Know
- K&L Gates' Cyber Civil Rights Project, aimed at providing pro bono services to victims of revenge porn, is marking 10 years of service and more than 28,000 pro bono hours.
- The firmwide initiative, which spans more than 33 of K&L Gates' global offices, was developed in-house back in 2014 to address a dearth of social media laws and attorneys.
- The firm receives about 33 requests for help through this project each week.
It's difficult to imagine a time when social media wasn't a useful tool to keep in touch with friends, family and colleagues or, depending on your point of view, the symbol of a collapsing, intolerant society; but as certain risks attached to the rise of these platforms began manifesting themselves more than 10 years ago, K&L Gates jumped on an opportunity to lead the pack when it came to social media, privacy and revenge porn laws.
For the past decade, the firm has been offering pro bono services to those who need help removing instances of revenge porn, defined as sexually explicit images posted on the internet without the subject's consent, from the web. In total, more than 400 volunteers from 33 of K&L Gates' global offices have dedicated more than 28,000 hours to its Cyber Civil Rights Project, leveraging legal expertise, including in litigation and intellectual property, to help clients lacking in resources.
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