In the UK, in April 2015 it became a criminal offence with a maximum of two years imprisonment to share private sexual photographs or videos without the subject’s consent with the intent of causing distress to those targeted. In September 2016 it was announced that more than 200 people had been prosecuted since the law came into effect.
Initiatives, policies, 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.
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Cybercrime Convention Committee
DG1 Human Rights and Rule of Law
Council of Europe
Domestic
Compulsory
cybercrime
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
human rights
information society
capacity-building
general
Cyberharassment
Violations of privacy
Criminalisation