Banning ‘Revenge Porn:’ Will Arabs follow Israel’s lead?

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Israel recently became the first country to outlaw revenge porn, re-igniting debate on whether this practice requires custom-made legislation or whether it falls under already existing anti-privacy and indecency laws upheld in many countries.

The Israeli law was born of a bill introduced by Knesset member Yifat Kariv after a video showing a man having sex with his ex-partner was posted on WhatsApp and sent to thousands of people.

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Brooklyn Middleton, a political and security risk analyst reporting from Israel, told Al Arabiya News: “It is a necessary and progressive law that could, and should, serve as a model for other nations.

“I think one of the most pivotal inclusions of the law, in addition to the obvious aspect that regards those that distribute the sexual content as sexual offenders, is that the person whose images/videos were distributed without their consent will be considered a victim of sexual assault,” Middleton added.

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In the Arab world, although there are no laws tailored to target revenge porn, this violation is usually punishable under various anti-pornography, indecency, invasion of privacy and defamation acts.

One high-profile case of apparent revenge porn in the Arab world includes that of runner-up Miss Lebanon 1995, Nicole Ballan, whose home-made sex tape with her then-boyfriend Marwan Keyrouz was mysteriously leaked in October of that year. Her boyfriend was sentenced to jail and Ballan disappeared from the pubic scene for years after being named and shamed.

The Arab world is also rife with cases that may not necessarily be termed “revenge porn” but may be similar in nature. These include cases in which people distribute explicit pictures of individuals they have not had any relationship with simply to inflict harm and damage the person’s reputation.

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Experts speaking to Al Arabiya said drafting laws on revenge porn could be a tricky matter given that most Arab countries ban sexual relations outside of marriage.

“When you have cases in some GCC countries where a woman is gang-raped and then she is found guilty by a judge when she complains because it is believed she should have stayed at home then you know we are a thousand years away from following Israel’s lead on this front,” a GCC sociology expert, speaking on condition of anonymity, said.

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/features/2014/01/10/Banning-Revenge-Porn-Will-Arabs-follow-Israel-s-lead-.html

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

What a strange article.. "Israel garbage trucks painted purple.. Will Arabs follow suit?"

Reading the entire article.. Most countries don't have laws on the books and most people who have been prosecuted for such offenses have been in the Arab world under already existing laws.. Not getting it at all...

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disappeared from the pubic scene

A Freudian typo?

I love it when this one gets past newspapers' spell-checkers and copy editors, and it sometimes does.

Edited January 11, 2014 by TBoneTX

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Is this going to affect Isreali babysitter porn? Because that is really HOT!....wait. NM

A Freudian typo?

I love it when this one gets past newspapers' spell-checkers and copy editors, and it sometimes does.

Why? That is the correct spelling of "pubic"