➡ Intimate Image Abuse

Intimate Image Abuse is when someone shares, or threatens to share, an intimate image
without the person's permission. These acts can cause serious harm, leading to mental
health problems like anxiety, helplessness, self-blame, depression, shame, humiliation,
and social isolation. They can also damage someoneʼs education, career, and financial
stability.

An intimate image includes:

• Photos or videos showing a person during a sexual act
• Photos or videos showing genitals, buttocks, or breasts (even if covered only with
  underwear)
• AI-generated, edited, or deepfake images that look real

✅ What Does 4D HYPE Prohibit?

4D HYPE bans Contributions that:

• Share or threaten to share private sexual photographs, intimate images, or films
  without consent
• Share intimate images with the intent to cause humiliation, alarm, distress, or to
  obtain sexual gratification
• Share AI-generated or faked intimate images without permission

(Note: We also prohibit Contributions that attempt, assist, encourage, plot, or organise
these activities.)

📷 How Can Intimate Image Abuse Happen?

Non-consensual sharing of intimate images can happen in different ways, including:

• As part of domestic abuse or controlling behaviour (for example, threats to share
  intimate images to control or intimidate a partner or ex-partner)
• For financial gain, such as sextortion (blackmailing someone into performing
  sexual acts or handing over money)
• By unknown perpetrators who share images for social status, humour, sexual
  gratification, or misogyny

This also includes:

• Images taken without consent (e.g., upskirting or downblousing)
• Deepfake images showing someoneʼs face on sexual content
• Hidden camera footage or hacked private images
• Screenshots of livestreams or temporary messages

➡ Cyberflashing

Cyberflashing is when someone sends or shows a sexual image (such as a photo of
genitals) to another person without their consent.

4D HYPE prohibits Contributions that involve cyberflashing. Cyberflashing happens
when the sender:

• Intends to cause alarm, distress, or humiliation
• Sends the image for sexual gratification
• Acts recklessly, not caring whether the recipient will be upset or distressed

(Note: We also prohibit Contributions that attempt, assist, encourage, plot, or organise
cyberflashing.)

👉 Related Policies

Intimate Image Abuse and Cyberflashing often happen alongside other types of abuse.
We may also review Contributions under related policies, such as:

• Do not threaten, stalk, harass, abuse or bully
• Controlling or Coercive Behaviour
• Do not send threatening communications

Cross-referencing these helps us make a complete decision about whether a Contribution
breaks our rules.

🚨 How to Report a Violation of These Terms 🚨

If you see any Contributions that break these rules, you can report them in the following
ways:

If you HAVE a 4D Hype account:

1. Click ‘Make Reportʼ on the post
2. Select ‘This is abusive or harassingʼ
3. Then select ‘It threatens violence or physical harmʼ

If you DO NOT have a 4D Hype account:

1. Go to the ‘Report Content Policy Violationʼ page
2. Choose ‘Report Content Policy Violationʼ from the drop-down menu
3. Under the ‘Policy Violationʼ select the appropriate category (to be finalised)
4. Provide as much detail as possible, including links to the violating content.

***Important Notice:***
In reference to all of the types of Contributions mentioned above, users should also not use our
platform to help, allow, or organise any of these actions.