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What is image-based abuse?
Image-based abuse occurs when intimate, nude or sexual images are shared without the consent of those pictured. This includes real, altered (i.e. Photoshopped) and drawn pictures and videos.
While most image-based abuse is about the sharing of images without consent, it can also include the threat of an image being shared.
Examples of image-based abuse include:
- Your current or ex-partner sharing an intimate image on social media without your consent.
- A work colleague Photoshopping an image of you with an explicit image and sharing it broadly via email.
- A stranger taking an intimate image without your consent, also known as ‘up-skirting’, or ‘down-blousing’ or ‘creepshots’, and sharing it on a website or porn site.
