ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION IN REVENGE PORN

This paper presents a comparative study of revenge pornography between Brazil and the United States, evaluating the effectiveness of existing instruments for victims' protection and compensation of damages, from qualitative analyses. The following research questions are: How does the concept of privacy apply to the virtual environment? How did technologies enable the development of new forms of intimacy, as well as practices such as revenge porn? Analyze the right to privacy within the conception of public and private sphere in the virtual environment and as new forms of intimacy in the context, pointing possible ways for improvements in the current legislation on the subject.