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Katie Hill, the media, and the limits of revenge-porn laws

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  1. DanBC
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    Here's the English law that covers image based sexual abuse: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/2/part/1/crossheading/offences-involving-intent-to-cause-distress-etc/enacted Daily Mail are...

    Here's the English law that covers image based sexual abuse:

    http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/2/part/1/crossheading/offences-involving-intent-to-cause-distress-etc/enacted

    Daily Mail are going to say this is in the public interest. I think they're wrong. It's interesting to the public, but that doesn't mean it's in the public interest.

    Politicians are allowed to have private lives, and they should be allowed to have chaotic unconventional private lives. If she'd spent time on her campaign talking about traditional family values or similar then maybe it's in the public interest to point out the hypocrisy. But we need to watch out for that too: I'd prefer someone to have ideals and occasionally not meet them than to be an amoral pathological arsehole.

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