MIAMI — A Miami-Dade corrections officer has been relieved of duty after he was arrested for allegedly posting explicit images of his ex-wife on Twitter.
Teddy Joseph, 39, was charged last week under Florida’s “revenge porn” law, which makes cyber sexual harassment a first-degree misdemeanor. The law was first passed in 2015 aimed at combating the proliferation of people posting sexual photos and video of their ex-partners.
The law, however, has been used sparingly across Florida. Lawmakers this month did pass a law criminalizing “deep fakes,” images doctored to appear as pornographic ones, and making the theft of explicit images a felony. The law — which is awaiting the signature of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — also provides for a victim of revenge porn to go to civil court and get damages of up to $10,000, up from $5,000.
