FOG BLOG CANADA LOG: SEXUAL OFFENDER'S LIST MAY SOON ADD THOSE WHO SHARE IMAGES W/OUT CONSENT!

Sharing intimate images without consent may soon land you on sex offender list The federal government has introduced legislation to add the non-consensual sharing of intimate images and extortion to the list of offences that could land someone on the National Sex Offender Registry.

The addition was highlighted in a statement on Wednesday, ahead of a scheduled press conference at 4 p.m. from Justice Minister David Lametti and Women, Gender Equality and Youth Minister Marci Ien.

The bill in question was introduced in the Senate earlier in the afternoon.

It would also lay out who gets added automatically to the list: serious child sex offenders, repeat sexual offenders, and all others unless they can “demonstrate that they pose no risk to the community.”

The conference will give an update after a Supreme Court ruling in October struck down parts of the national sex offender registry, saying in a ruling that mandatory registration of all sex offenders with more than one conviction goes too far.

Furthermore, the Supreme Court found that keeping offenders on the registry for the rest of their lives violates the Constitution. It gave Ottawa a year to rewrite its legislation before the clause on mandatory listing is struck down.