• Arstechnica, Monday, April 4, 2016 1:25 PM

The Motion Picture Association of America says a proposed Minnesota revenge porn law is worded so broadly that it could affect a "wide array of mainstream, Constitutionally protected material, including items of legitimate news, commentary, and historical interest."

The bill prohibits people from releasing explicit photos or videos without subjects' consent. The MPAA says the measure should be revised so that it only criminalizes that conduct when the person who posts the pictures intends to harass the subjects. Otherwise, according to the MPAA, the measure could make it a crime to post "images of Holocaust victims, or prisoners at Abu Ghraib, or the Pulitzer-Prize winning photograph entitled 'Napalm Girl.' "

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