Let's call "revenge porn" what it is: digital domestic violence | Darieth Chisolm

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🗓️ 24 October 2018

⏱️ 11 minutes

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What can you do if you're the victim of revenge porn or cyberbullying? Shockingly little, says journalist and activist Darieth Chisolm, who found herself living the nightmare scenario of having explicit photos taken without her knowledge or consent posted online. She describes how she's working to help victims and outlines the current state of legislation aimed at punishing perpetrators.

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0:00.0	This TED Talk features journalist Darius Chisselm, recorded live at TEDx Pittsburgh 2018.
0:09.0	I had about five minutes before I was set to deliver a talk to a bunch of business owners about visibility and being on camera.
0:17.0	After all, I was the so-called expert there, the former 20-year television news anchor
0:22.9	and life and business coach.
0:25.3	I happened to take a look down at my cell phone
0:27.3	just to catch the time,
0:28.4	and I noticed that I had a miss call for my ex-husband.
0:32.9	I can still hear his voice.
0:36.3	Darius, what is going on?
0:39.3	I just got a call from some strange man
0:42.3	who told me to go to this website,
0:44.3	and now I'm looking at all of these photos of you naked.
0:48.3	Your private parts are all over this website.
0:51.3	Who's seen this?
0:55.1	I couldn't think. I couldn't think.
0:56.6	I couldn't breathe.
0:58.6	I was so humiliated and so embarrassed and so ashamed.
1:02.8	I felt like my world was coming to an end.
1:06.0	And yet this began for me.
1:08.0	Months of pain and depression and anger and confusion and silence.
1:13.6	My manipulative, jealous stalker ex-boyfriend did exactly what he said he would do.
1:19.6	He put up a website with my name on it, and he posted this and this,
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