![]() 18 In 2017, the number of young Americans ages 18-29 who had become victims of nonconsensual porn jumped to 12%, an increase of over 100%. 17 Individuals ages 18-29 generally, and women aged 18-29 specifically, as well as LGTBQ+ Americans were victimized at even higher rates. In 2016, 10 million people, or 2% of Americans had reported being victims of nonconsensual porn. and Guam criminalizing this conduct, 16 some may feel this issue has all but been resolved by the legal system.ĭespite these meaningful steps, statistics unfortunately tell us that this problem has only continued to grow. 15 And, with 48 states plus Washington D.C. 14 Major companies, such as Facebook and Google, have also incorporated ways for victims to have nonconsensual porn removed from their platforms. Some may think of this problem as “solved.” In 2015, many of the primary websites hosting nonconsensual porn, like IsAnyoneUp or U Got Posted, were removed from the internet. Although many issues are related to and intertwined with nonconsensual porn, this article will address statutes and cases addressing revenge porn. 13 Additionally, nonconsensual porn victimization is frequently connected to or compounded by a wide range of other crimes or harassment such as sextortion, troll attacks, doxing, hacking, and physical and sexual abuse of both minors and adults. 12 Although nonconsensual porn can originally be obtained both with and without the victim’s consent, all types of nonconsensual porn are publicly disseminated without the consent of the victim. Nonconsensual porn can also appear as a wide variety of other content forms such as deepfakes, hidden camera photos, or upskirt photos which are not created by the victim. 10 While the phenomenon of revenge porn first appeared in the 1980s, this destructive practice did not become widespread until around 2010. 9 Further, the content is often linked so a simple internet search of the victim’s name will return the harmful content. 8 Often, this content is posted alongside the victim’s name and other identifying information such as their phone numbers, emails, or social media links. ![]() 7 Eighty percent of nonconsensual porn is revenge porn, meaning it was originally sent between two consenting individuals in the context of an intimate relationship. ![]() 6 Typically, we think of these as images or videos which are consensually sent to an intimate partner who then shares the images outside of their original, consensually shared context. 5 Revenge porn is a type of nonconsensual porn, defined as the distribution of sexually graphic images or videos of an individual without their consent in the context of an intimate relationship. Nonconsensual pornography (nonconsensual porn) is a sexually graphic image or video of an individual distributed without the consent of the person depicted in the media. 4 This combination of factors makes it easy to see how someone could quickly become a victim of revenge porn. 3 Moreover, an estimated 4 out of 5 adults have sent or received an explicit text or photo. 2 For the roughly 70% of Americans who currently use social media, checking their profile is a part of their daily routine. 1 Approximately 84% of Americans aged 18-29 are users of social media. As of 2020, approximately 223 million Americans used social media, with that number only continuing to rise into 2021.
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