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A sex offender is the first person in England and Wales to be convicted under a new cyber-flashing law. He has been sentenced to more than five years in prison.

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[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

It feels like something that should fall under existing sexual harassment laws at least, but probably doesn't because of specific wording that requires a physical act, removing photo/video as qualifying.

[-] JoBo@feddit.uk 3 points 7 months ago

Unfortunately, I don't think many jurisdictions take flashing seriously whatever the medium. It's known to be an early warning sign of much more serious sexual offending but police treat it as a bit of a laugh, boys will be boys, nothing to see here.

Dismissing indecent exposure as ‘flashing’ led to the murder of Sarah Everard

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