{"id":42187,"date":"2015-02-13T17:01:24","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T09:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=42187"},"modified":"2015-02-13T20:11:54","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T12:11:54","slug":"revenge-pornography-made-illegal-in-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/13\/revenge-pornography-made-illegal-in-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Revenge pornography&#8217; made illegal in Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_18342\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18342\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/internet-porn-computer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18342\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/internet-porn-computer.jpg\" alt=\"ShutterStock image\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/internet-porn-computer.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/internet-porn-computer-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ShutterStock image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LONDON &#8212; Posting explicit images of former lovers online &#8212; so-called &#8220;revenge pornography&#8221; &#8212; has been made a crime in Britain.<\/p>\n<p>Queen Elizabeth II approved the new bill Thursday, a formality that is required before a bill endorsed by Parliament can become law.<\/p>\n<p>The new law means that anyone who shares private and sexual images of another person without that person&#8217;s permission, and with the intent of causing distress, may face up to two years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Justice says the law will come into force in the spring.<\/p>\n<p>Campaigners had argued that a specific law will make it much easier for police to deal with cases in which people maliciously post sexual images without the subject&#8217;s consent.<\/p>\n<p>A helpline for victims has also been launched.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON &#8212; Posting explicit images of former lovers online &#8212; so-called &#8220;revenge pornography&#8221; &#8212; has been made a crime in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":18342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lifestyle","category-news-w","mauthors-the-associated-press1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}