Quick Facts
Quick Facts
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.