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Facebook settles landmark revenge porn case with UK teen for undisclosed sum

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"Had they gone that day and discovered his phone and discovered the image on it, they could have done something, but unfortunately they didn't do something for some time," he said. "In fairness, this began in 2014 so they may have improved their game since then. But in this case it was difficult to see why they didn't act quicker." ®

Because the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 which included the reverse porn law didn't come in until 2015, and was required because the police lacked powers to deal with this sort of issue before then?

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