Tennessee Bill to Make ‘Offensive’ Nonconsensual Photos Illegal

Tennessee Bill to Make ‘Offensive’ Nonconsensual Photos Illegal

Tennessee state lawmakers working together with the Sullivan County District Attorney’s Office have introduced a bill to the state legislature that seeks

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This new law would target those who are taking “embarrassing” or “offensive” images of people in public but would apparently not target general public photography. This new bill, which you can read here, would make it illegal to take a photo for the purpose of “sexual gratification or arousal.” This would apply to photos that would offend or embarrass the subject or are focused specifically on an “intimate” part of the body.