In Hong Kong, public health and social measures have caused greater emotional burden to those experienced the trauma of sexual violence. Along with the worry of getting infected and experiencing information anxiety, survivors are also affected by increased flashback frequency due to decreased social contacts.
Read MoreImage-based sexual abuse (IBSA) exists on a continuum, covering many different forms of activities. In the Edison Chen incident, IBSA manifests in the 1) stealing, 2) non-consensual dissemination and 3) non-consensual viewing of private sexual images. Other types include “upskirting,” “revenge porn,” sexual extortion, recording of sexual assaults, and “sexualised photoshopping.”
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