Laws needed to stop revenge porn: inquiry

A Senate inquiry into revenge porn has made a number of recommendations, including new laws.

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A Senate inquiry into revenge porn has made a number of recommendations, including new laws. (AAP)

Australia needs to criminalise revenge porn or empower an agency to force websites to take down private intimate images, a parliamentary inquiry says.

A Senate inquiry into the social problem - in which naked or sexual images of a person are shared without their consent to humiliate or embarrass them - says there is no doubt about the need for legislation.

In a report released on Thursday, the committee says the federal government should also consider giving an agency powers to issue take-down notices for such images.


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Published 25 February 2016 4:57pm
Updated 26 February 2016 9:15pm
Source: AAP


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