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YouTube singer Chrissy Chambers wins revenge porn case
Source: BBC
YouTube singer Chrissy Chambers wins revenge porn case
17 January 2018
A US YouTube personality has been awarded damages from a British ex-boyfriend who posted videos of them having sex onto the internet.
Chrissy Chambers became a leading "revenge porn" campaigner after she was alerted to the clips.
The High Court in London heard that the accused - who cannot be named for legal reasons - had accepted liability for his unlawful activity.
He also agreed to pay an undisclosed sum as well as to cover legal costs.
Ms Chambers' lawyers have described the sum as "substantial".
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17 January 2018
A US YouTube personality has been awarded damages from a British ex-boyfriend who posted videos of them having sex onto the internet.
Chrissy Chambers became a leading "revenge porn" campaigner after she was alerted to the clips.
The High Court in London heard that the accused - who cannot be named for legal reasons - had accepted liability for his unlawful activity.
He also agreed to pay an undisclosed sum as well as to cover legal costs.
Ms Chambers' lawyers have described the sum as "substantial".
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42720869
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That term strongly suggests that the victim has somehow wronged the perpetrator of the crime, and further implies that she is getting her just deserts for having wronged him.
