cyberflashing

English

Alternative forms

• cyber-flashing

Etymology

From cyber- +‎ flashing.

Noun

cyberflashing (uncountable)

1. (computing, crime) The unsolicited sending of sexually explicit pictures of oneself to another person by means of a computer or telecommunication network.
   • 2022 June 13, Valeriya Safronova, “The Fight to End ‘Cyberflashing’”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     For many people of a certain age, particularly women, cyberflashing has become yet another cost of existing on the internet.

   • 2023 April 19, Sophie Gallagher, “Cyber-flashing is just as damaging as the ‘real world’ equivalent. When will the law catch up?”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     For years, the Law Commission has been advising the government to plug this gap in legislation – a chasm between how we punish real-world behaviours and the same behaviour online – by introducing a specific cyber-flashing offence.