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Track state laws, statistics, and research on cybercrimes  with our easy-to-digest fact sheets, infographics, and interactive guide to state statutes.

Image-based Abuse

Image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) involves someone distributing, creating, or threatening to share private sexual images or videos of another person without their consent.

1 in 7

people in the US have had intimate images shared without their consent.

1 in 3

LGBTQ+ people have experienced IBSA.

$8M

How much sextortion cost Americans in just 7 months.

Tech-Facilitated Abuse

Technology-facilitated abuse (TFA) is the use of technology to coerce or harm a romantic or intimate partner. It often occurs in the context of domestic, relationship,  or intimate partner violence.

1 in 7

who experienced technology-facilitated abuse were also physically harmed by the same abuser.

41%

of millennials report having been a victim of an ex-partners digitally-fueled abuse.

81%

of young victims of cyber dating abuse experienced in-person dating abuse.

Cyberstalking

Cyberstalking is the use of digital technologies to harass, threaten, or intimidate someone. It often co-occurs with in-person stalking or other forms of interpersonal violence like domestic or dating violence. 

80%

of stalking victims report being stalked with technology.

41%

undergraduate students have experienced tech-facilitated stalking.

Majority

of tech-facilitated stalking victims are pursued by people they know, most commonly by a well-known or casual acquaintance.