Revenge porn—Criminalisation

Subject:
Revenge porn—Criminalisation
Eligibility:
Residents of ACT
Sponsoring member:
Ms Caroline Le Couteur MLA
No. of Signatures:
520
Posting Date:
Closing Date:
9/5/2017
Tabled:
10/5/2017
Referred to Minister:
10/5/2017
Responded to:
Information about the Principal Petitioner is available through the sponsoring Member of the Legislative Assembly's office
TO: The Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly
Reason for this Petition

The following residents of the ACT draw to the attention of the Assembly that there is no specific criminal offence prohibiting the non-consensual disclosure of a sexual image (the phenomenon colloquially referred to as "revenge porn").

Your petitioners, therefore, request the Assembly to consider filling this gap in the law by criminalising the non-consensual disclosure of a sexual image.