Quebec tabled a new bill Thursday to stop intimate images from being shared without consent.
In an attempt to show just how quickly photos can be shared, Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette published a video to preview what was coming.
“What we want with that bill is to have a quick way to … delete that picture and to limit the bad consequence on the person,” the minister said at the Quebec legislature.
Victims will have access to emergency legal recourse. They can fill out a form online so that a judge will quickly hear their case.
The judge can render a decision to have the photo deleted.
Those who don’t respect the decision could face hefty fines between $500 and $5,000 per day and can even face jail time.
“We decided to make that tough because that’s a serious subject and we want that kind of situation to not happen …