The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases
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Author: Frank B. Cross; Roger LeRoy Miller
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Case summary: Revenge porn is defined as sharing sexually explicit photos or videos of private moments in a relationship over the internet to take revenge on the breaking-up partner. The worst form of revenge porn is when private information such as phone number, email ID, and employment details are also shared along with the video.
To explain: The liability of the domain hosting company in revenge porn.
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