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* '''Summary of provisions''': Adds a '''new section 250.70''' to the penal law making it ''unlawful to knowingly transmit by electronic means visual material that depicts any person engaging in sexual conduct or with a person's intimate parts exposed unless the material is sent at the request of, or with the express consent of the recipient. | * '''Summary of provisions''': Adds a '''new section 250.70''' to the penal law making it ''unlawful to knowingly transmit by electronic means visual material that depicts any person engaging in sexual conduct or with a person's intimate parts exposed unless the material is sent at the request of, or with the express consent of the recipient. | ||
* '''Justification''': ''Currently under New York State law, indecent exposure in person is a crime, but it is not unlawful to send sexually explicit photos to nonconsenting adult recipients through electronic transmission. With the growing modem age of online dating, many individuals are receiving sexually explicit visual content without their consent from strangers. No person should be forced to view sexually explicit material without their consent. | * '''Justification''': ''Currently under New York State law, indecent exposure in person is a crime, but it is not unlawful to send sexually explicit photos to nonconsenting adult recipients through electronic transmission. With the growing modem age of online dating, many individuals are receiving sexually explicit visual content without their consent from strangers. No person should be forced to view sexually explicit material without their consent.'' | ||
The bill offers a clear deterrent to those considering sending unsolicited sexual pics and similar inappropriate conduct, and protects the | ''The bill offers a clear deterrent to those considering sending unsolicited sexual pics and similar inappropriate conduct, and protects the | ||
unwilling recipients who currently have no legal recourse for such abuses. | unwilling recipients who currently have no legal recourse for such abuses. | ||
What is illegal in the real world must be illegal in the digital world, and this legislation is a first step in the right direction in adding that accountability.'' | ''What is illegal in the real world must be illegal in the digital world, and this legislation is a first step in the right direction in adding that accountability.'' | ||
* '''Legislative history''': | * '''Legislative history''': | ||