BC Man Sentenced to 5 Months for Revenge Porn Uploads

In Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, a provincial court judge sentenced a 42-year-old man to five months in jail this month for uploading 18 videos and 80 photographs of his former partner to the website Pornhub without her consent. The case, involving what authorities described as revenge-motivated distribution of intimate images, underscores ongoing efforts to combat non-consensual sharing of personal content online.

The relationship between the man and the woman began in 2020 and continued intermittently for just over two years. During that time, the man recorded several videos of them engaging in intercourse, with consent obtained for some recordings but none for their public dissemination. Court documents indicate the woman never agreed to have any of the material posted online.

Following their final breakup, the man made repeated attempts to contact the woman, who blocked his number to end communication. In March 2023, he sent her a link to a Pornhub profile that included her photograph and a nickname, openly admitting to the uploads. Upon discovering the profile, the woman promptly reported the matter to police.

Investigators confirmed the content clearly identified the...