The crying shame of image-based abuse

Please refer to and download version v2 of this record. This is a print-friendly copy of the longform article "The Crying Shame of Image-Based Abuse" published on FactorDaily at https://factordaily.com/the-crying-shame-of-image-based-abuse/ Commonly called “revenge porn”, “leak” or “MMS scandal”, image-based abuse is a widespread and systemic yet untrammelled issue that destroys lives.This article is the first in a series on image-based abuse in India. It is a on output of Rohini Lakshané's fellowship (2023-25) at FactorDaily. Attribution for the images in the article: Somesh Kumar, FactorDaily (2024). Version 2 (24 October 2025): Some punctuation errors and one typo in an infographic and one typo in the text in version v1 rectified.