Illinois Supreme Court Says State's Revenge Porn Law Is Constitutional While Barely Trying To Apply The Constitution To It

Illinois Supreme Court Says State's Revenge Porn Law Is Constitutional While Barely Trying To Apply The Constitution To It

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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191021/12395343234/illinois-supreme-court-says-states-revenge-porn-law-is-constitutional-while-barely-trying-to-apply-constitution-to-it.shtml

The Illinois state Supreme Court has reached a questionable decision that has the potential to negatively affect First Amendment expression in the state. (h/t Orin Kerr)

It stems from a revenge porn prosecution. The defendant was charged with one count of "nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images" after sharing sexual photos her ex-fiance had received from a neighbor. She sent screenshots of the photos received (via an iCloud account she and her ex shared) to her fiance's cousin while explaining her side of the breakup. Her ex called the police after he learned of the letter. The neighbor who sent the explicit photos testified these pictures were not meant to be shared. (The victim also testified she knew she was sending them to a shared iCloud account that would allow others to see the photos but thought that account had been deactivated before she sent the nudes.)