Episode 038: Interview with Katelynn Spencer about Image Based Sexual Abuse

Justice Hope Freedom Podcast

Katelynn Spencer is a survivor-leader in the fight against image-based sexual abuse.

Her personal fight for justice began upon finding out that a friend, who groomed her into making a sex video with him, uploaded it and another one she was unaware that he had recorded, onto Pornhub, a global pornography platform, without her consent. The videos had been downloaded, favorited, and commented on – all without her knowledge.

One charge was eventually filed against her friend – “Distribution of Obscene Material” – but the case was dismissed, in part because Massachusetts has no law against uploading non-consensual, pornographic material. (Massachusetts is one of only two states that have yet to enact laws against image-based sexual abuse.)

We discuss the PROTECT Act, which would require age and consent verification of those depicted in sexually explicit or intimate materials online, as an imperative step forward in human rights.

Learn more about The Protect Act here https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/protect-act-will-aid-victims-of-image-based-sexual-abuse-against-big-porn/

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