CIVIC LANE Real Madrid defender Raul Asencio has been acquitted in a case involving allegations about the sharing of sexual-content footage without consent. An acquittal means criminal guilt was not established against him in the case. The broader issue nevertheless highlights how easily intimate material can be copied and distributed online. Lawmakers must balance deterrence, proportionality and the need to prove what individual defendants actually knew and did. Digital privacy therefore remains a difficult policy question beyond any single defendant