Weaponizing Intimacy: Laws on Consent & Digital Sexual Violence

We are living in the era where the intimacy is not just restricted to the behind  walls, it can be captured, stored, replicated, manipulated and disseminated through the globe within a seconds. This books challenges the notion of "consent" and "implied consent"  to the  growing  phenomenon of Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery (NCII) and its impact on privacy, dignity, autonomy, and digital identity.

The author has analysed the existing legal framework in India laws and the comparative analysis with international laws dealing in the subject of  digital privacy, online safety, Right based framework , emerging implications of artificial  intelligence in cyber crimes  particularly gender based crimes,

and original empirical research, this book argues that NCII is not merely a cybercrime, digital sexual violence, or privacy violation. It is fundamentally a violation of consent.

the book challenges the doctrine of implied consent and demonstrates why consent to create or share intimate content cannot be equated with consent to its subsequent dissemination.

Combining legal analysis, policy critique, and practical reform proposals, this work offers recommendations for stronger victim protection, specialised digital courts, civil remedies ayongwith  compensation in criminal cases, time-bound proceedings, enhanced international cooperation, and reforms to domestic and international cybercrime frameworks.

Relevant in todays digital age,  interdisciplinary, and forward-looking, When Intimacy Is Weaponised is an essential resource for lawyers, judges, policymakers, law enforcement agencies, researchers, students, digital rights advocates, and anyone seeking to understand the evolving relationship between technology, consent, and human dignity in the digital age.

Books argues the one who possess the intimate image/video, should exercise duty of care because, 

Consent to intimacy is not consent to publicity, and possession of intimacy carries responsibility.