Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton answered a question about revenge porn during a California question and answer Tuesday.
The question came from Chrissy Chambers, a lesbian victim of revenge porn, who is currently involved in a civil lawsuit against her ex-boyfriend in the United Kingdom. “In 2015, I came out as one of the first public figures who is a victim of revenge porn,” Chambers said to Clinton.
Chambers currently runs a YouTube channel with her girlfriend Bria Kam. Chambers continued: “But, unfortunately we do not yet have a revenge porn law here in the United States. Thirty-four states have laws but there is no federal law criminalizing revenge porn and I would like to know when you’re president what you will do to ensure there is a federal law passed so that justice can be pursued and gotten for victims like myself where the videos and the links still are online to this day, but because there is no law there is nothing I can do and perpetrators can be held accountable for sexual assault, digital privacy invasion, and this horrible crime that ruins so many people’s lives and almost ruined mine.”
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“First, let me say thank you. You are really brave and standing, up speaking out and taking action against the kind of behavior that you have experience is really important and I thank you for that,” Clinton replied. “I will do my best as president to try and figure out how we can give victims like you the tools that you need and the rest of society should support to be able to protect yourself and in doing so protect others.”
Hillary went on to say, “I will really look to all of you because the bullying online, revenge porn, the type of cyberstalking that’s all too common ruins lives.”
“You have to help me figure out how we do keep the best of everything you’re doing and everything the internet means, and yeah is there going to be bad stuff and nasty stuff and rotten things that are said? I’m exhibit A, I am an expert in this, so yeah I know that. But when it crosses a line and when it becomes so threatening so dangerous, we have to stop it,” Clinton added.
