Category: Illinois

Austin v. Illinois

Mar 19, 2020 | Litigation, 2020, Illinois, State courts, U.S. Supreme Court, amicus briefs, other content restrictions, nonconsensual distribution of images

The U.S. Supreme Court denied the petition for certiorari seeking review of the Illinois Supreme Court ruling upholding the state’s law making it a crime to distribute nude images of a person if the publisher knew or should have known that the person in the image did not consent to the publication.

Illinois Senate Bill 2560

Feb 20, 2018 | Legislation, 2018, Illinois, other content restrictions, prior restraint and seizure, removal of arrest photos or information

S.B. 2560 would require a person who has published a “criminal record,” online or anywhere else, to remove the information within 30 days upon written request by the person who is the subject of the “criminal record.”