Distribution of Sexually Explicit Images Without Consent and Civil Takedown Remedy
KY Nonconsensual Intimate ImagesCriminalizes 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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