ABSTRACT
Social media excels at allowing users to instantly share their thoughts and feelings, often without much reflection about the wisdom or value of such communications. By some estimates, there are over 3,000 revenge porn sites on the web, many using social media platforms such as Tumblr or Twitter to post or link to harmful content. Even dedicated revenge porn websites mimic mainstream social media sites and their valuing of interactivity by employing their own comment sections and rating features. This chapter conveys the complex nature of the phenomena denoted by terms such as “revenge porn” or “nonconsensual pornography.” Not all cases of revenge porn are clearly nonconsensual porn, nor are all cases of nonconsensual porn characterized by the harm we think of when we think of revenge porn. The ethical concerns over consent, privacy, and revenge porn are much more vexed than partisan advocates make them seem.
