When someone intentionally sends an unsolicited sexual image through the internet, it is called “cyber flashing,” a form of sexual harassment and online abuse.
It happens when a sender transmits explicit photos through Wi-Fi, messaging applications, online platforms, Bluetooth, or other file-sharing applications.
Online dating apps, where cyber flashers transmit “dick pics,” photos of genitalia, or other explicit images, have become a particular problem area. This also occurs on social media apps, such as Snapchat and WhatsApp.
Cyber flashing has also become a pandemic among New York subway commuters, who are exposed to obscene images airdropped to their phones.
