{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-250.71","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Penal Law § 250.71","heading":"Unlawful dissemination of a personal image","body":"§ 250.71 Unlawful dissemination of a personal image.\n  A person is guilty of unlawful dissemination of a personal image when,\nwith the intent of degrading or abusing a person who has been the victim\nof a crime described in title H of this part, or otherwise causing harm\nto the emotional, financial or physical welfare of such victim or such\nvictim's family, the person intentionally:\n  1. (a) creates and disseminates or publishes a still or video image of\nsuch victim on a social media platform, without the victim's consent, in\na manner that has no or minimal cultural or social value;\n  (b) the victim is identifiable from the still or video image itself or\nfrom information displayed in connection with the still or video image;\n  (c) the victim suffered physical injury as a result of a sex offense\nas defined by article one hundred thirty of this part, serious physical\ninjury as a result of any non-sex offense, or death, and this injury or\ndeath is depicted in the image; and\n  (d) the actor committed, participated in the commission of, or\nconspired to commit the crime that resulted in such injury to such\nvictim; or\n  2. acting as an agent of the actor who created an image in violation\nof subdivision one of this section, he or she knowingly disseminates or\npublishes such image.\n  Unlawful dissemination of a personal image in the second degree is a\nclass A misdemeanor.","path":["Penal Law","Part 3. Specific Offenses","Title N. Offenses Against Public Order, Public Sensibilities and the Right to Privacy","Article 250. Offenses Against the Right to Privacy"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PEN/250.71","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"a110130dd88e6b4120ee7ba321dc8c66bca633d5e544701bccc14718bfeb1b07","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-250.70","next":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-255.00"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}