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Legislating Against Revenge Porn: The Constitutional Pitfalls

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"Revenge porn is a relatively new, yet extremely contentious topic. The act of violating someone's privacy in this manner, exposing their most intimate of moments to world is an indefensible act of sexual harassment that can cause immense psychological and reputational harm. "Criminalizing nonconsensual pornography is…appropriate and necessary to convey the proper level of social condemnation for this behaviour," argues prominent law professor, Danielle Citron."