Australia is taking on revenge ****, but young people are still at risk
 

Australia is taking on revenge ****, but young people are still at risk
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The distribution of revenge ****, an act of digital harassment, is slowly being criminalised across Australia.*

Punishing those who share explicit pictures without consent is a welcome development, but commentators say any *****down ought to be accompanied by a**ther look at how the law treats young people who share intimate images with their peers.*

If ** change is made, child ****ography laws that are intended to protect young people could instead be used to punish **rmal teenage behaviour.

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On Monday, the state of New South Wales (NSW) an**unced it would follow Victoria and South Australia in introducing a law criminalising the distribution of intimate or explicit images without consent. "These images can ... be used as a way to deliberately humiliate, control or harass the intended victim," NSW Attorney General Gabrielle Upton said in a statement. Read more...

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