The price of revenge porn

the damages and indemnities recognized by the Justice Court of Rio Grande do Sul between the years 2017 to 2020

Abstract

This article analyzed which were the recognized damages and the indemnity values given by the Court of Justice of the State of Rio Grande do Sul to the victims of Revenge Porn between the years 2017 to 2020. The research problem faced were the type of recognized damage and the average of the indemnities for Revenge Porn found in the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the State of Rio Grande do Sul in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020? The methodologies applied were the deductive approach method, the monographic procedure method and the indirect documentation search technique. The text is divided into two chapters: the first was directed to the concept of Revenge Porn as violence, especially of gender against women, its definitions and its possible repercussions, and the subjects of a relationship. In the second part, there is an analysis of the decisions taken by the Court of Justice of the State of Rio Grande do Sul about revenge porn and verified the types of damages recognized and indemnity values given by this court. The illicit Revenge Porn is a gender problem because the biggest victims are women and their aggressors are their ex-partners. The damage mostly recognized by the Court of Justice of the State of Rio Grande do Sul in these cases is moral damage and the average amount received by each victim is around R$ 10,760 (ten thousand, seven hundred and sixty reais) in compensation.