Twitch Streamer Pokimane Wants Tougher Laws On Revenge Porn

One of the largest feminine streamers on Twitch desires to take a tougher stance on revenge porn—nude photographs which can be posted on-line with out their house owners’ consent. Imane “Pokimane” Anys mentioned in a current Twitch stream that it needs to be “illegal” to own nudes with out their house owners’ consent, and that she needed to work in the direction of “facilitating legislation” in opposition to it.

“There are some companies that I’m going to message…not companies. Organizations that are involved in certain causes. I’m going to be like…Listen: If you ever need someone to…” Pokimane made speaking hand gestures on stream. “I’m your girl. Because I think if you wanna pass a bill, you usually go in front of a group of politicians and you explain your cause…I’ll do it.” Kotaku reached out to Pokimane to ask which organizations she deliberate to work with, however didn’t obtain a response by the point of publication.

Pokimane was initially imprecise about what she was taking a stance in opposition to, however she finally clarified that she was speaking about revenge porn. “I think it should be illegal to even have your phone, your PC, on your anything…having photos that someone doesn’t consent to you having.”

There are a number of explanation why she is taking this stance now. Pokimane talked about how her viewers would message her about how their former companions would leak their nudes. She felt that these people have been not often punished for “ruining” ladies’ lives. “So many things online go without repercussions and they really shouldn’t,” she mentioned.

The U.S. at present has legal guidelines in opposition to revenge porn in practically each state. But as Hasan Piker identified in a current stream about Pokimane’s feedback, enforcement in opposition to revenge porn is sophisticated and murky. Cops are hardly essentially the most empathetic or competent investigators of gendered violence. Besides that, surveilling each digital system for revenge porn could be a large privateness violation. “The only way you can tackle revenge porn is at the point of distribution,” he mentioned.

Pokimane appeared optimistic about stopping revenge porn by stigmatizing it. “If [an ex] shares [nudes] with someone, that person should be so scared of having that photo because the person whose photo they have—didn’t consent to giving it to them.”