Bills That Would Strengthen Privacy For Sexual Assault Victims One Step Closer to Becoming Law After CBS 2 Investigation
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By Samah Assad, Brad Edwards, Christopher Hacker
CHICAGO (CBS) Two bills that would strengthen privacy protections for sexual assault victims in Illinois unanimously passed the House judiciary criminal committee Tuesday and are a step closer to becoming law.
The two pieces of legislation were prompted by a CBS 2 investigation that found the personal identifiers of child sexual assault victims were visible in publicly-available court documents in Cook County. This included victims’ names, home addresses and phone numbers.
Dangers of sexting for young people getting worse amid pandemic
Dangers of sexting for young people getting worse amid pandemic
What is surprising and frustrating is that a bill designed to educate Illinois children about the dangers of sexting remains bottled up in Springfield.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Perhaps it is no surprise that as kids spend more time in front of screens during the
pandemic, the problem of sexting is only getting worse.
But what is surprising and frustrating is that a bill designed to educate Illinois children about the dangers of sexting remains bottled up in Springfield. In our age, when the internet is like a third arm, you know for kids in particular this is just their mechanism and their way to experience how to become an adult, said Char Rivette of Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center.