Susanna Gibson’s Campaign and the Crisis of Digital Privacy
During her campaign for Virginia’s state legislature, Kelly Convirs-Fowler, known by her maiden name Kelly Gibson during the campaign, was subjected to online sexual abuse when explicit videos of her were disseminated without her consent. Despite this, she narrowly lost her seat by fewer than 1,000 votes. In the wake of the incident, Gibson is calling for stricter laws on non-consensual pornography and digital sexual privacy, and is considering legal action against the individual who shared the explicit material. This occurrence has sparked a broader debate about the blurred lines between public, private, and online lives in the current political landscape.
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