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Revenge Pornography in India

Introduction Nowadays, Humiliation through revenge porn in cyberspace against ex-girl/boyfriend has become prevalent with the advanced technology available. Revenge porn in wider terms can be understood as the sharing of sexual images or nudes without consent, as the spiteful actions of a jilted ex-lover, ex-friend, known person or any social networking site follower, stalker. It is often adopted by individuals who are ‘dumped’ by their partners. The perpetrator satisfies his/her frustration of a broken relationship by publicizing a sexually provocative portrayal of his/her victim, also known as sextortion. The sharing of self-produced visuals and images for the sake of revenge, here the word ‘self-produced’ covers the sexted images, consented video clips and images captured in the compromising positions. This peculiar concept was started in western countries, however in India, the very first case of revenge porn in cyberspace came out in 2001 when a 16-year old schoolboy created a po...