So all this begs the question- what do good sexual privacy laws look like? I think its pretty clear that pornography should be consensual and there needs to be a legal backing to that, but what would the best laws on this topic do? How would they work? How are they enacted without going overboard and stepping on other rights? Whats the appropriate balance?
There people out there who think that those who shared, viewed, upvoted, whatever should be tried as rapists and/or sexual offenders and signed up on a publicly available list. Much like you find for child predators actually. Just because the pictures were "leaked" doesn't mean you're contributing to any kind of abuse, especially what The Guardian calls (seriously) "psychic abuse". So by this token, for viewing and "sharing" the leaked photos, one (according to The Guardian) should be labeled as a sexual predator and added to a sexual offender list. This sounds awfully like guilt by association. What kind of shit is that? Note: I think The Guardian is rubbish because they think viewing images of 18+ adults is a sex crime. (See below)
EDIT: mk sorry about the ghost ping. EDIT: English hurr durr does it work? Trying to punish those that posted, or shared, or upvoted, or liked, the images would likely do more harm than good.
I don't I agree with the author. What is sexual privacy? Should it be any different from any other private matter or image that I do not want to be shared publicly? How would it be enforced? On a pseudoanonymous app, it would likely be the provider that would be held accountable, and made to surrender the user's information to the authorities. Would providers be able not to give that information? Should they be made to collect it just in case? These are unfortunate incidents. However, the resulting dissemination is fallout from a crime. The persons that created that fallout by stealing the images can be prosecuted on a clear basis. Trying to punish those that posted, or shared, or upvoted, or liked, the images would likely do more harm than good.
It's so easy to point fingers at all the forums and online-sites sharing pictures, the author is being naive in thinking new laws are going to stop people from sharing available information. And "sexual privacy" laws cover a different issue, they're designed to close a loop-hole where someone obtains sexually explicit images legally and then shares them without consent.