Initiatives, policies and strategies

 

This section documents initiatives, policies and strategies both at domestic and also international levels.


The inventory offers the possibility to search by the type of cyberviolence, measures to address it, as well as the geographical scope.

Back France: Digital Republic Law sanctions against revenge porn

In 2016, France adopted the ‘Digital Republic Law,’ which entails a harsher sanctioning of those found guilty of revenge porn. Under the new legislation, perpetrators face a two-year prison sentence or a € 60 000 fine.

Type of cyberviolence
Actual violence
Cybercrime
Cyberharassment
Hate crime
Online sexual exploitation children
Trafficking in human beings
Violations of privacy
Women
Type of measure
Criminalisation
Prevention
Prosecution
Protection
Geographical scope
Domestic
International / Multi-country
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