COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) - In Columbia, Governor Henry McMaster held a ceremonial bill signing of a law that will stop the non-consensual sharing of sexual images, commonly referred to as "revenge porn." The Disclosure of Intimate Images Act passed unanimously at the State House, officially making the act of sharing sexually explicit images, maliciously and without permission, illegal in South Carolina.
"We got a lot of information from people, from their experiences, we've seen tragedies occur," McMaster said. "We've seen these crimes occur, but this particular one in South Carolina was not a crime at the time, but it is now."
This bill makes it clear that receiving a photo from someone does not mean the sender agrees for it to be shared anywhere else.
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