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खंड 2 No. 1 (2023): Winter Issue
Articles

INTRICACIES OF REVENGE PORN: AN ANALYSIS OF LEGAL PROVISIONS

Dr. Sandeep Mishra
Assistant Professor, Amity Law School, Amity University, Lucknow.

प्रकाशित 2024-04-21

संकेत शब्द

  • Porn,
  • Revenge,
  • Online,
  • Harassment,
  • Sexual-Harassment

सार

ABSTRACT

Now a days it is very well known fact that online platforms like YouTube, WhatsApp and Google are used by people to share contents of sexual nature. These sexually explicit contents are used to influence, manipulate and shame a person. Here, people are more interested in knowing what is going in other person’s life. People, with utmost interest, look into the intimate relationship of others. This is the dark truth of the society that videos of sexual harassment and other intimate clips are intensely browsed by people. It is a source of great pleasure for them. There is even a very big market for these kinds of images and videos. Quite often, girls of even tender age fall in traps of these bad guys whose only aim is to satisfy their sexual desires. Also nowadays, it has become essential to share nudes to prove love and affection to the partner. Often, the victim is not able to raise her voice against this injustice happening to them. 

Today’s time when internet has become lifeline for every human, this act has drastically increased. This has also resulted in a sudden rise of Revenge pornography. Revenge Pornography is rapidly growing in India. Battling against internet disgracing is anything but something straightforward maybe a solid fight. The casualty faces disgrace deeply and it is a reasonable and careful issue to manage.