Imagine an ex partner publishing an intimate photo of you on the internet. A million eyes suddenly viewing a picture you’d shared with someone you’d trusted wholeheartedly. It’s almost too much to bear… Yet, thousands of women are victims of revenge porn, a shocking crime that is sadly on the rise, with a 40% increase in cases between 2020 and 2021.
And now, a BBC Panorama investigation has uncovered a disturbing new trend of sharing, trading and selling explicit images on social media platform Reddit.
Professor Penney Lewis from the Law Commission, says, ‘Sharing intimate images of a person without their consent can be incredibly
