§ 250.71 — Unlawful dissemination of a personal image

New York § 250.71

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law PEN: Penal
• Title N: Offenses Against Public Order, Public Sensibilities and the Right to Privacy
• Part 3: Specific Offenses
• Art. 250: Offenses Against the Right to Privacy

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§ 250.71 Unlawful dissemination of a personal image.\n A person is guilty of unlawful dissemination of a personal image when,\nwith the intent of degrading or abusing a person who has been the victim\nof a crime described in title H of this part, or otherwise causing harm\nto the emotional, financial or physical welfare of such victim or such\nvictim's family, the person intentionally:\n 1. (a) creates and disseminates or publishes a still or video image of\nsuch victim on a social media platform, without the victim's consent, in\na manner that has no or minimal cultural or social value;\n (b) the victim is identifiable from the still or video image itself or\nfrom information displayed in connection with the still or video image;\n (c) the victim suffered physical injury as a result of a sex offense\nas defined by article one hundred thirty of this part, serious physical\ninjury as a result of any non-sex offense, or death, and this injury or\ndeath is depicted in the image; and\n (d) the actor committed, participated in the commission of, or\nconspired to commit the crime that resulted in such injury to such\nvictim; or\n 2. acting as an agent of the actor who created an image in violation\nof subdivision one of this section, he or she knowingly disseminates or\npublishes such image.\n Unlawful dissemination of a personal image in the second degree is a\nclass A misdemeanor.\n