Shihui Zhang

A Law of One's Own: The Inefficacy of the DMCA for Non-Consensual Intimate Media

Non-consensual intimate media (NCIM) presents internet-scale harm to individuals who are depicted. One of the most powerful tools for requesting its removal is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). However, the DMCA was designed to protect copyright holders rather than to address the problem of NCIM. Using a da…