Report: Illinois Senator Introduces Age-Verification Law
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – While the text of the bill has yet to be published to the legislature’s website, Illinois media outlets report that State Sen. Erica Harriss (R-Glen Carbon) and ...
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Ill. Supreme Court Upholds State’s Revenge Porn Law, Reverses Lower Court
In a ruling issued October 19, the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the state's law prohibiting the distribution of "revenge porn," reversing a lower court's decision to dismiss charges filed against ...
Illinois Sez: ‘Revenge Porn’ May Be Constitutionally Protected Free Speech
When an Illinois woman named Bethany Austin discovered that her fiancée Matthew Rychlik was having an affair with their neighbor, she was understandably hurt. So she sent friends and family ...
Illinois Tables Bill Requiring Content Filters on Web-Connected Devices
Illinois is the latest state to drop consideration of the "Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act," without voting on it. The move means the IL General Assembly will not ...
‘Revenge Porn’ Survivors to Receive Compensation via Illinois’ Crime Victims Compensation Act
As of January 1, 2019, a series of new laws are going into effect in Illinois -- labor, domestic relations, criminal measures... and compensation for victims of “revenge porn.” As ...
Ill. State Rep Resigns Over Using Ex-GF’s Nude Pic to Catfish
Illinois state Rep. Nick Sauer has resigned following reports that his ex-girlfriend has filed a complaint claiming Sauer used nude photos of her to "catfish" other men on Instagram. Governor ...
IL Legislature Considering Two Anti-Porn Measures
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Illinois State Rep. Barbara Wheeler is sponsoring two pieces of anti-porn legislation in the state, each of which resembles similar measures previously debated or passed in other ...
