Revenge porn to become a criminal offence

‘Revenge porn’ will become a criminal offence under proposed laws.

The Labour Party wants to toughen up the laws around cyberbullying, online stalking, and harassment to prevent the sharing of intimate pictures without someone’s permission.

Brendan Howlin said Ireland’s harassment laws haven’t been updated since the advent of the text message and that his party’s bill will address this: “The measures we are proposing seek to bring Ireland’s regulations into the 21st century, by broadening the definition of communication to cover all electronic, written and spoken words. For example, this would mean a threatening ‘iMessage’ sent on an Apple electronic device or a Whatsapp or Facebook message would be covered by law, which is currently not the case.”