Cyberflashing

Quick meaning: Cyberflashing is a noun meaning (computing, crime) The unsolicited sending of sexually explicit pictures of oneself to another person by means of a computer or telecommunication network.

Meaning

(computing, crime) The unsolicited sending of sexually explicit pictures of oneself to another person by means of a computer or telecommunication network.

Example Sentences

For many people of a certain age, particularly women, cyberflashing has become yet another cost of existing on the internet.

For years, the Law Commission has been advising the government to plug this gap in legislation – a chasm between how we punish real-world behaviours and the same behaviour online – by introducing a specific cyber-flashing offence.

It covers Davies’s experiences in the digital world – that includes cyberflashing such as all those unsolicited dick pics – as well as the widespread use of her images on pornography sites, escort services, dating apps, sex chats (“Ready for Rape? Role play now!” with her picture alongside it).

Word Forms

• cyber-flashing

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cyber-flashing, cyberflirting, cybersex, cyberflirtation, cyberflirt, sexting.

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