The Intimate Privacy Protection Act (IPPA) is a proposed amendment to

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of the

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that would make it a crime to distribute nonconsensual pornography. The

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would "provide that it is unlawful to knowingly distribute a private, visual depiction of a person’s intimate parts or of a person engaging in sexually explicit conduct, with reckless disregard for the person's lack of consent to the distribution." The bill was introduced by Representative

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in 2016. The proposed law explicitly would not forbid the use of such images in reports to law enforcement, the courts, corrections officers, intelligence services, nor in other cases of public interest (perhaps including responses to a public health problem). The definition of "sexually explicit" is inherited from existing laws, and "reckless" is to be interpreted by

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. Interactive computer platform providers (such as

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) are not considered violators of the law if users upload something that violates the law, unless the platform explicitly invites such content. The explicit protection ("

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") for platform providers ("intermediaries") may have been inserted in response to requests by

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which had opposed an earlier version of the bill but supports the June 2016 one. The amendment has support from tech entrepreneur

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. The

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does not favor the draft law because it imposes on free speech.Sarah Jeong
New Revenge Porn Bill Shows Silicon Valley’s Influence in Politics
''Motherboard/Vice'', 15 July 2016

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Intimate Privacy Protection Act Proposed legislation of the 114th United States Congress United States federal computing legislation Internet law in the United States United States pornography law

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