Interpersonal cybercrime can take many forms, including revenge porn, cyberharassment, cyberstalking, and blackmail. Revenge porn involves the nonconsensual distribution of private sexual images online, often by an ex-partner, in order to humiliate or harass the victim. Victims of revenge porn, like Holly Jacobs and Audrie Pott, have faced severe mental health consequences, loss of jobs, and bullying. While some laws have been passed to address revenge porn, advocates argue more comprehensive legislation and education are still needed to combat these issues and support victims.

1. Interpersonal
Cybercrime
and Revenge
Porn
blackmiling
‫الطالب‬:‫سعيد‬ ‫محمد‬ ‫طارق‬ ‫محمد‬
‫المدرب‬:‫العديني‬ ‫ابراهيم‬

2. Interpersonal Cybercrime
 What is it?
 Cybercrime in which one or more people are the victim and the offender is also a person; crime between
people
 Types:
 Internet Trolls
 Cyberstalking
 Cyberharassment
 Revenge Porn
 Cyberbullying
 Sextortion
 Online Child Sex Predation
 Online Child Grooming
 Sexting

3. Revenge
Porn
Nonconsensual pornography; sexual images of an individual
are distributed without their consent
Photos are often posted with names, addresses, and contact
information
Usually pictures are sent to distributer with consent but
distributed without consent
Generally thought to happen in a relationship that ended
badly; used for revenge and humiliation
Causes the victim fear, anxiety, depression, loss of job; victims
have tried to change names and/or move from area;
reputational damage; suicide
Difficult to make laws because of fear of overreach and First
Amendment protections

4. Revenge Porn as Sexual Harassment
 A form of cyberharassment and cyberstalking
 Sexual blackmail is not a new issue
 Images have a permanency and wide reach online
 Holly Jacobs sent pictures consensually; however Audrie Pott did not and endured
harassment and bullying due to the assault
 Both women were sexually harassed through both the initial unconsented sharing of the
pictures and the continued victimization

5. Revenge Porn Countermeasures
Existing Laws
 Prohibited by terms and conditions on some
websites; discretion of the ISP
 Immunity under Section 230 of the
Communications Decency Act
 35 states and DC have laws under which
revenge porn can be tried
 Not unified:
 DC – Criminalization of Non-Consensual
Pornography Act of 2014
 Maryland – Stalking and Harassment § 3-809,
Maryland Code
 Some laws require direct contact or threat or
repeated harassment
What Can be Done?
 Education
 Student programs to help prevent all forms of
interpersonal cybercrime
 Law enforcement training to better enforce current
laws
 Host Site shutdowns; algorithms to prevent
further sharing
 Specific laws criminalizing revenge porn
 Cyber Civil Rights Initiative provides models for
ideal state, federal, and civil laws
 CCRI provides guide for legislators and online
removal guides
 More resources for victims

6. Blackmailing
Lesson Objectives  I will be able to state the definition of
blackmail
 I will be able to explain the actus
reus and mens rea of blackmail
 I will be able to explain cases that
illustrate the law on blackmail
 I will be able to apply the rules to a
given situation

7. Introduction
 Blackmail involves a threat made so that a
person does an act against his will, or in
order to obtain the person’s money or
property.
 It is a threat from the blackmailer to do
something for not agreeing to the
demand.
 The threat doesn’t have to be something
illegal and doesn’t even have to be true.

8. Holly Jacobs
 Florida Ph.D. student who shared intimate
photos with her boyfriend, Ryan Seay
 After a breakup, Seay shared her images
online and compromised her social media
accounts
 Holly changed her name, jumped from job
to job, and deactivated social media
 Police initially would not help her because
she voluntarily took the photos
 Sued Seay for invasion of privacy; Seay
claimed to be the victim
 Charges dropped due to lack of evidence
https://www.cybercivilrights.org/welcome/

9. Audrie Pott
 California teen who committed suicide
after humiliating and sexual pictures
were shared through her school
 Sexually assaulted while unconscious
during a party and pictures taken without
consent
 Endured bullying and sexual harassment
before committing suicide
 Three male classmates arrested and
charged with sexual assault https://www.bustle.com/articles/45667-women-face-higher-
rates-of-online-stalking-online-sexual-harassment-
alarming-pew-research-study-finds

10. References
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 Maras, M. (2017). Cybercriminology. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
 Miller, M. E. (2016, April 02). Revenge Porn Victim Holly Jacobs "Ruined My Life," Ex Says.
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jacobs-ruined-my-life-ex-says-6393654
 Scheller, S. (2015). A picture is worth a thousand words: The legal implications of revenge
porn. North Carolina Law Review,93(2), 551-595.
 Speak Up! (n.d.). Retrieved April 20, 2017, from https://www.cybercivilrights.org/
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