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Italian police investigate one of the elderly cases of revenge porn (porneveganza) in the country after the closing of a private group of Facebook called “My wife”which had 32 thousand members and shared intimate images of women Without their consent, including photos of Wives, couples, sisters and unknown.
The publications were accompanied by explicit sexual comments and threats of rape.
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The feminist activist Carolina Capria publicly denounced the existence of the group through Instagramdescribing it as a form of “Group Virtual Violation”. Its publication went viral and caused hundreds of users to report the page.
The target company eliminated the Group after the Italian police will initiate a criminal investigation.
Possible crimes and sanctions for revenge porn
According to jurists in Italy, those involved could face charges for:
- Non -consented dissemination of private images (punishable with up to 6 years in jail)
- Privacy violation
- Aggravated defamation
- Child pornography, in case of children’s images
The authorities warned that this type of forums usually resurface on other platforms, and confirmed that the last publication of the administrators was an invitation to join a new private group.
Similar history in Europe
The case reminds Dominique Pélicot’sa French citizen sentenced in 2024 to 20 years in prison for drugs, rape and invite unknown to sexually assault to the expose, gisèle paveic.
Organizations Feminists warn that this type of practices are not isolated facts, but a sample of a patriarchal culture that persists both on the Internet and outside it.
What is the revenge porn?
As detailed by the University of Guadalajara, the term revenge porncommonly called porn In Spanish, he wants to identify that type of violence against women that is carried out in digital environments. It is the dissemination of images, videos and any Another type of audiovisual content Without the owner’s consent, hate speeches, verbal violence, extortion.
