D.C. Council to Consider Criminalizing "Revenge Porn"

The D.C. Council will consider criminalizing “revenge porn” at a hearing Friday, according to NBC Washington.

Two bills will be reviewed that both would make distributing explicit photos or videos that were meant to be private during a romantic relationship a crime. The bills would make the distribution punishable to up to five years in prison, reports NBC Washington.

Thirteen states, including Virginia, Delaware and Maryland, have signed bills addressing revenge porn.

Councilmembers Muriel Bowser and Mary Cheh introduced two pieces of D.C. legislation that are being considered.

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