Singapore outlaws 'revenge porn', 'cyber-flashing'

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SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore has outlawed 'revenge porn' and 'cyber-flashing' -- sending unsolicited images of one's private parts -- the latest country to clamp down on sexual offences committed online.

SINGAPORE : Singapore has outlawed"revenge porn" and"cyber-flashing" -- sending unsolicited images of one's private parts -- the latest country to clamp down on sexual offences committed online.

Singapore's parliament passed a bill Monday that made distributing or threatening to distribute intimate images a crime, punishable by up to five years in jail, in addition to a fine and caning. "Cyber-flashing" will be punishable by up to a year in prison or a fine. If the recipient is younger than 14, it is punishable by up to two years in jail, a fine or caning.

 

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