Lawmakers vow to thwart ‘digital gender violence’By Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporterDemocratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Fan Yun (范雲) and other lawmakers yesterday said that they would propose legislation to protect victims of nonconsensual dissemination of intimate images. The legislation aimed at preventing “digital gender violence” is being introduced due to an absence of laws that offer adequate protection to victims, Fan told a news conference in Taipei. The bill would include a mechanism for the immediate removal of private sexual images, Fan said, adding that everyone, regardless of their gender, should have autonomy over such images. Su called the spread of intimate images on online platforms a new type of crime and a new class of cybercrime, for which there must be laws. Lai said that when private images are leaked, it is often the victim who is blamed or mocked, while the perpetrator is let off lightly.

Source: Taipei Times May 12, 2020 15:56 UTC