Immiigration Article of the Day: Sexual Privacy and Persecution  by Liane M. Jarvis Cooper

Sexual Privacy and Persecution  by Liane M. Jarvis Cooper, UCLA Law Review Discourse, Forthcoming

ABSTRACT

As women and members of marginalized communities across the globe are increasingly the targets of online sexual violence and threats, future asylum claims are likely to involve allegations of online sexual privacy violations. This Essay proposes a framework for conceptualizing sexual privacy-threatening online acts, such as a deepfake sex video or nonconsensual pornography, as persecution under U.S. asylum law. To understand fully the severity of online sexual privacy violations, U.S. federal courts and agency adjudicators must consider the emotional, intersectional, dehumanizing, and amplifying aspects of online sexual privacy violations.

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