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Threatening the authentic depiction offenses is punished the same way

To require covered platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate visual depictions, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2. Written by .

Threatening the authentic depiction offenses is punished the same way

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What the document says

“Any person who intentionally threatens to commit an offense under paragraph (2) for the purpose of intimidation, coercion, extortion, or to create mental distress shall be punished as provided in paragraph (4).”

To require covered platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate visual depictions, and for other purposes, Sec. 2

Intentionally threatening to commit either offense in paragraph (2), for the purpose of intimidation, coercion, extortion or creating mental distress, draws the penalties paragraph (4) sets: up to 2 years where the offense involves an adult and up to 3 years where it involves a minor.

What the document actually says

“Any person who intentionally threatens to commit an offense under paragraph (2) for the purpose of intimidation, coercion, extortion, or to create mental distress shall be punished as provided in paragraph (4).”

To require covered platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate visual depictions, and for other purposes, Sec. 2
That sentence, in plain words

Threatening to post a real private image is a crime too. The same penalties apply.

What this is about

The threat must be meant to scare, force, or upset. The image need not ever be posted.

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