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South Africa clamps down on sharing of nudes on WhatsApp

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A new law passed by the South African parliament seeks to regulate the way users share acts and other intimate content, the WhatsApp instant messaging app. The bill, which was filed in 2017 and has undergone many changes, criminalizes pornographic revenge and suppresses some cybercrime related to the application of instant messaging.

 The bill, which clarified that sending intimate content that may be considered harmful without the subject's consent, is criminalized, also allows WhatsApp users' personal information to be reviewed by law enforcement and electronic communications providers. and financial institutions entrusted with the task of monitoring these cybercrimes in an instant messaging application.

 It is also stated that any person, whether on WhatsApp, Facebook or Twitter, who discloses a data message to only one person, group of people or the public with the intention of inciting harm or violence, is guilty of a misdemeanor. This includes sharing pornographic videos and images - which do not belong to you or, more precisely, which do not belong to you because participating in the images is a criminal offense. The law, passed on December 2nd, is now awaiting approval by the president. 

 

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