California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed an expanded “revenge porn” law that now includes “selfies,” The Sacramento Bee reports. Existing law made it a misdemeanor to post private or graphic photos with the intention of humiliating those pictured, and SB 1255 expands that to include private images regardless of who took the photo. Brown also signed AB 2643, which allows revenge porn victims to bring civil actions against those posting the images. In Arizona, Ars Technica reports, a group including bookstores, publishers and the American Civil Liberties Union is suing to stop a so-called revenge porn law because it has no requirement for malicious intent and could include images taken in a “commercial or public setting.” Meanwhile, the Justice Department has charged a Pakistani man for the sale of an app that could spy on unsuspecting users, a technology domestic violence activists have tried to stop.
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