Occasionally in Asia those who commit crimes against women are actually prosecuted. Such is the case for the co-owner of a South Korean revenge porn site. It took years and major protests by women in South Korea before the Seoul Public Prosecutor finally took action against these types of sites.
The co-owner of a South Korean revenge porn site was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday, as women in the East Asian country continue to push back against spy cam and other nonconsensual pornography.
A court in Seoul also ordered the woman, surnamed Song, to pay a fine of $1.26 million, and ordered her to take 80 hours of sexual violence education.
"It is immeasurable how much harm (the site) had caused on our society. Song worked with her husband and others to operate Soranet and let its members upload pornographic material," the judge said.
Soranet, which was shut down last year, was a popular site for uploading videos and photos taken using hidden and upskirt cameras. Song co-founded the site, along with her husband. According to South Korean media, Song's husband is currently out of the country.
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