§ 52-d. Private right of action for unlawful dissemination or
publication of a personal image. 1. Any crime victim depicted in a still
or video image which was unlawfully disseminated as provided in section
250.71 of the penal law shall have a cause of action against such
individual who disseminated or published such still or video image
without the consent of the person depicted in the image in violation of
section 250.71 of the penal law.

2. In any action commenced pursuant to subdivision one of this
section, the finder of fact, in its discretion, may award injunctive
relief, punitive damages, compensatory damages and reasonable court
costs and attorneys' fees.

3. This section shall not apply to the following:

a. the reporting of suspected unlawful conduct to law enforcement;

b. the dissemination or publication of an image made in the course of
official law enforcement duties, legal proceedings or criminal
prosecution, or medical treatment; or

c. the dissemination or publication of an image made for a legitimate
public discourse concerning local, national, or worldwide events or
other matters of public concern or public interest or affecting the
public welfare; any work of public interest, educational or newsworthy
value, including comment, criticism, parody or satire, and works of
entertainment, regardless of the degree of fictionalization; or an
advertisement or commercial announcement for any of the foregoing works.

4. Any such crime victim depicted in a still or video image which was
unlawfully disseminated as provided in section 250.71 of the penal law,
or such person's estate, may maintain an action or special proceeding
for a court order to require any social media platform that is subject
to personal jurisdiction under subdivision five of this section to
permanently remove such still or video image; any such court order
granted pursuant to this subdivision may direct removal only as to
images that are reasonably within such social media platform's control.

5. A cause of action or special proceeding under this section shall be
commenced the later of either:

a. three years after the dissemination or publication of such image;
or

b. one year from the date the plaintiff or petitioners discovered, or
reasonably should have discovered, such dissemination or publication of
such image.

6. Nothing in this section shall be read to require a prior criminal
complaint, prosecution or conviction to establish the elements of the
cause of action provided for by this section.

7. The provisions of this section are in addition to, but shall not
supersede, any other rights or remedies available in law or equity.

8. If any provision of this section or its application to any person
or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other
provisions or applications of this section which can be given effect
without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the
provisions of this section are severable.

9. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit, or to enlarge,
the protections that 47 U.S.C. § 230 confers on an interactive computer
service for content provided by another information content provider, as
such terms are defined in 47 U.S.C. § 230.