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Sending nudes or porn to someone to whom physical flashing would have been untoward (an unwitting stranger, the general public, a child, a student, your taxi dr
by ksaj 7y ago
Sending nudes or porn to someone to whom physical flashing would have been untoward (an unwitting stranger, the general public, a child, a student, your taxi driver, etc), or images of someone else who would not have wanted the images shared (revenge porn), is the kind of action that one should be able to take to court. They share nearly identical mens rea (flashing vs unexpected unwanted dick pics), so it doesn't make sense one is criminal but the other is not.
- deogeo 7y agoYou have chosen very clear cut examples, but the law will not be limited to those. For example, a boy and girl start dating. Eventually, she sends him nudes - maybe they discussed it offline, so there's no written record of consent, or maybe she correctly guessed he'd like them. But then they meet, and he pushes her to have sex, saying he'll claim the nudes were unsolicited otherwise. Or maybe he's white, she's black, and the boy's racist family push him to claim they were unsolicited, to hide the affair, or to get rid of her. > or images of someone else who would not have wanted the images shared (revenge porn) That is an entirely different matter, that this law will do nothing to help. There are sites devoted to revenge porn, so those pictures are solicited.
- DanBC 7y agoHave you read the law? What's the link of the version that you've read please?
- deogeo 7y agoI have not - I'm speculating. As are the posters that claim the law is fine. But "Austin-based attorney J.T. Morris, who specializes in First Amendment cases" shares my concerns.
- jacques_chester 7y agoThe relevant Act appears to have been HB 2789[1][2]. I don't see the text in the Texas Penal Code yet. [1] https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=86R&Bill=HB2789 https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=86... [2] https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/pdf/HB02789F.pdf#navpanes=0 https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/pdf/HB02789F....
- jacques_chester 7y agoAll of your it-could-go-wrong scenarios are in themselves crimes. Blackmail and obstruction or perversion of justice. If you think these brilliant schemes won't occur to the police or the defence attorney, I have unsolicited photos of a bridge in Brooklyn to send you.