Distribution of Sexually Explicit Images Without Consent and Civil Takedown Remedy

KY Nonconsensual Intimate Images
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Criminalizes sharing another person's private sexual images without written consent when done to profit or to harm, harass, or coerce, and clarifies that consent to create an image is not consent to distribute it. Sites and apps that distribute such images must take them down at the depicted person's request without charging a removal fee, and face daily civil damages if they do not.

Jurisdiction

Kentucky

Jurisdiction Type

state

Country

United States

Effective Date

7/14/2018

Enforcing Authority

Prosecutors (criminal); persons depicted (civil takedown action)

Fines Under This Regulation

0

Total Fine Amount (USD)

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