Get my body off the internet

It’s not just A-listers that suddenly find intimate images of themselves popping up online. It is happening in cities, towns and villages around Ireland and so an Irish barrister has set up The Hit Team says Áilín Quinlan

IT’S THE latest form of misogyny — and a living nightmare for victims. Revenge porn is taking the cyberworld by storm — think of movie star Jennifer Lawrence, who last year discovered that nude photographs of her had been hacked and posted on a number of different internet sites.

But Hollywood celebrities are not the only ones being targeted — here in Ireland women are discovering that intimate photographs or videos featuring them in compromising situations have been posted online to be viewed by friends, colleagues, family members and even potential employers.