A new Quebec law now allows people to quickly obtain a court order to remove intimate images shared online.

As of Wednesday, the new legislation allows victims to fill out a form online or at a courthouse and obtain an order from a judge requiring that the images or footage be taken down.

In a statement, Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette’s parliamentary assistant, Mathieu Lévesque, said that sharing intimate images without consent is a “scourge,” particularly among teens.

While it is criminal in Canada to publish, text or share intimate images or video of someone without consent, for many victims this does not always mean unlawfully shared images will get removed quickly, until now.

Under the new law, it could take several hours or up to a few days for an application to be proces

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