Charge: Distributed pictures of dozens of women in the telegram Israel today

Idan Hochman from Netanya is accused of sexual harassment and harassment, after leading telegram groups in which he distributed intimate content of young Israeli women without their consent.

• "Distribution humanly harms young people, and affects their lives online and offline"

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Indictment against a resident of Netanya: Established, activated and managed groups on the telegram in which intimate photos and videos of dozens of Israeli women and young women were distributed.

The indictment, filed today (Sunday) in the Netanya Magistrate's Court against 23-year-old Idan Hochman, attributes to him a long list of sexual harassment and harassment offenses (according to the law known as the "Video Law") and invasion of privacy.

The prosecution said that according to the indictment, filed by attorneys Itai Gohar and Moran Eshul, "the defendant set up and managed groups on the telegram in which he used to distribute photos and videos focusing on the sexuality of Israeli women and young women, without their consent. "Of those women and young women on social networks, who contain their personal details. This is for the purpose of identifying and in order to prove to the members of the groups that the sexually explicit content is Israeli young women."

It was further stated: "The groups run by the defendant had tens of thousands of users, who used to watch the content he distributed."

As part of the group's operation, the defendant used a 'bot' which, according to the indictment, "enabled him to increase the database of photos and videos of young Israeli women in his possession, and to distribute it easily and efficiently."

The director of the cyber department at the State Attorney's Office, Dr. Haim Wismonski: "The filing of the indictment is another step in the enforcement authorities' fight against the serious phenomenon of distributing sexual content of Israeli women and young women without their consent.

The distribution humanly damages the virtual identity of young women, and affects their lives online and off.

"In the past year, following a joint operation by the cyber department together with the cyber department at the Tel Aviv Police Department, the indictments were filed against eight defendants who distributed sexual content via the telegram and harmed hundreds of complainants."