Some companies search the Internet for potential sources of bad publicity, resulting in many victims of revenge porn losing their jobs and finding themselves effectively unhirable.
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11 Facts About Revenge porn
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Revenge porn began garnering international media attention when Hunter Moore launched the website IsAnyoneUp in 2010.
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Revenge porn is perhaps the first victims' advocate and one of the first to meet with elected officials in an effort to get legislation passed against nonconsensual pornography.
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Since 2012, there has been a website Women Against Revenge Porn, calling itself "not an organization or a business", which has been cited as an advocacy group for people exposed in revenge porn.
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In South Korea the distribution of revenge porn is punishable by up to three years' imprisonment or by a fine of up to 5 million South Korean won.
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Revenge porn was sentenced to three years' imprisonment as of early June 2015.
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States without specific laws about revenge porn have seen lawsuits alleging invasion of privacy, public disclosure of private fact and intentional infliction of emotional distress against the individuals who uploaded the images.
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Some revenge porn lawsuits have named service providers and websites as defendants alongside individuals who uploaded the images.
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Journalist Sarah Jeong argues that new criminal laws meant to combat revenge porn are likely to be overbroad, resulting in unintended consequences.
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Revenge porn was represented by McAllister Olivarius and in January 2018 won "substantial damages".
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In Northern Ireland, revenge porn was made a crime in February 2016 through the amendment of an existing law.
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