Platforms as Crime Scene, Judge, and Jury: How Victim-Survivors of Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery Report Abuse Online

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.13500v1
• Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:28:46 GMT
• Title: Platforms as Crime Scene, Judge, and Jury: How Victim-Survivors of Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery Report Abuse Online
• Abstract summary: Non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII) is mediated through online platforms.<n>We present a study of NCII victim-survivors' online reporting experiences.<n>We find that platform reporting processes are opaque, hostile, and ineffective.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII), also known as image-based sexual abuse (IBSA), is mediated through online platforms. Victim-survivors must turn to platforms to collect evidence and request content removal. Platforms act as the crime scene, judge, and jury, determining whether perpetrators face consequences and if harmful material is removed. We present a study of NCII victim-survivors' online reporting experiences, drawing on trauma-informed interviews with 13 participants. We find that platform reporting processes are hostile, opaque, and ineffective, often forcing complex harms into narrow interfaces, responding inconsistently, and failing to result in meaningful action. Leveraging institutional betrayal theory, we show how platforms' structures and practices compound harm, and, in doing so, surface concrete intervention points for redesigning reporting systems and shaping policy to better support victim-survivors

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