Amber Heard is joining the fight against revenge porn, and nonconsensual leaks of private photos: 'Because nothing disappears from the internet, the torment will never end'
opened up about her own experience, and the aftermath of the hack:"Complete strangers were consuming my most private moments without my permission. I faced a flood of unwanted propositions and harassing messages. The hack jeopardized my physical safety, my career, my sense of self-worth and every relationship I have had or will have," she wrote."And because nothing disappears from the internet, the torment will never end.
"These consequences of nonconsensual pornography intensify with the vulnerability of the target: Lower-income women, women of color andpeople are at even greater risk," she added, and urged people to take the issue as seriously as it should be, not least of all in order to prevent more people from being stalked or harassed, and to help remind people contemplating suicide or other self-harm because of such attacks that they are not alone, and that both help and solidarity are available...
For her part, Heard is urging Congress to take action by passing the SHIELD Act, which has bipartisan support andto"knowingly distribute private intimate visual depictions with reckless disregard for the individual’s lack of consent to the distribution." Introduced by Congresswoman Jackie Speier and Congressman John Katko in May of this year, the bill has yet to move forward in the House; on Friday , Congressman Tom Malinowski wrote a letter to the Judiciary Committeewith the bill.
Malinowski wrote the letter in light of the harassment and threats that Hill was subjected to, but Heard is urging people to take action so that everyone — celebrities, politicians, and everyday civilians — feel like the law is finally on their side.
"As time goes on, the stigma around private photos will fade — and hopefully, the stigma around sharing someone else's photos without their consent becomes even more ferocious, and the legal and societal consequences will be taken seriously," Run For Something co-founder Amanda Litman
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