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Wow, that's bad. And judging by the dates on some of those articles this is not just something that was happening a few years ago. It looks like the law came down on this mid last year.

It felt like a few years ago to me at least :). The western press can be really delayed in reporting on these things.

That wasn't government sponsored, while this one is.

Libertarians will say this is ok

Why would they? What happens here clearly falls under the umbrella of revenge porn, which is illegal in the US.