My friend’s ex is threatening to leak his private pictures. What can he do?

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        February 21, 2025 at 1:31 am
        My friend (M20) wants to break up with his girlfriend (F17), but she has a private picture of him and is threatening to leak it if he leaves. He’s really stressed and unsure what to do.

        What legal steps can he take to protect himself? Are there any preventive measures he should consider?

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          February 21, 2025 at 1:38 am
          (NAL) I think he should consult a lawyer since there’s the age issue as well. Directly going to the cops could backfire. Inform someone in the family you can trust to support.

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            February 21, 2025 at 1:38 am
            Isnt dating a person below 18 illegal?

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                February 21, 2025 at 1:48 am
                Not dating but having a physical relationship

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                    February 21, 2025 at 1:56 am
                    Isnt that even worse?

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                        February 21, 2025 at 2:05 am
                        Nope just poc5o

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                          February 21, 2025 at 2:14 am
                          What?

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                        February 21, 2025 at 2:48 am
                        He did not had any physical relationship with this girl he has whatsapp chat as Proof

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                          February 21, 2025 at 3:19 am
                          Dating might not be, but it seems the guy sent his private(s) pictures to a minor. Definitely illegal.

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                          February 21, 2025 at 1:39 am
                          1. He should not be worried about it – he can always deny it saying it’s deep fake
                          2. In the eventuality of it happening, he can take legal course of action. Not before it happens.

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                            February 21, 2025 at 1:42 am
                            The truth could be a bit relieving but
                            1) Yes he can tell off that it’s a deepfake.
                            2) When it comes to a Guy’s private pics, people would see and forget very easily unlike a woman’s. But still next time be a little cautious not to share such pics online. We make mistakes once.

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                                February 21, 2025 at 3:18 am
                                What about his self respect and embarrassment he will face if she leaks it. I mean yeah people don’t wanna see naked guys but still his face is shown in the pictures and he will feel the guilt and will have to face many serious questions and allegations.
                                Would it be the same if genders were reversed, if a girl gets her nudes leaked she can also say it’s deepfake but people will definitely pay more attention and not forget about it easily since it was a girl.
                                It doesn’t matter the genders the situation and its consequences are equal for everyone and something like this must not be taken lightly no matter the gender or age.

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                                    February 21, 2025 at 4:00 am
                                    Yes iM still siding with the OP he can lodge a complaint to the cyber cell. That’s was my point na bro. For a man I understand that embarassment can last a lifetime which Ik can be painful…you’re right. But I only kinda wrote this to the guy because he would feel atleast a bit tiny bit relieved. I’ve had a male friend who’s private pics got leaked by his ex and it was surely embarassing he didn’t deserve that but now no one remembers that picture, whereas when it happened to my female friend her ex’s friends would taunt her thru diff accounts. Action was taken ofc. No one shd go thru this scary phase.

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                                  February 21, 2025 at 1:43 am
                                  Bhai mazak se hat ke batao larko ka provate pic jada circulate bhi nahi hoga seriously i could sense she is doing just to threaten him imo ask him to just friendly with her

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                                    February 21, 2025 at 1:50 am
                                    Ask him to post that picture on the internet and make her realize she has no leverage. It’ll be freeing. And then tell everyone it is a deepfake lolol

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                                        February 21, 2025 at 2:06 am
                                        That’s s dumb thing to do… She can royally screw him if he does that .

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                                            February 21, 2025 at 2:51 am
                                            Bruh. He’s a dude. Literally no one would care if his nudes leaked. Maybe his close friends and family might talk about it, but I seriously doubt conversation about that topic would go on for longer than a week.

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                                                February 21, 2025 at 4:03 am
                                                Guy , you are not bright enough are you ? He sent that pic to an under 18 aka minor girl in eyes of law , no matter if it’s a deepfake or shit , that stuff is still illegal. Posco lag jaaega uspe, girl won’t even need to prove anything in that case

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                                                    February 21, 2025 at 7:22 am
                                                    You’re right. I stand correctly. I didn’t realize transmitting sexually explicit images of an adult to a minor fell under POSCO.

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                                                        February 21, 2025 at 7:25 am
                                                        Oh mam you humbled me real quick i am sorry for writing those rude comments, tbh I didn’t realise how rude it was , man Reddit really made me lose my touch with how to talk with people.

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                                                            February 21, 2025 at 8:06 am
                                                            No worries man. It’s rare to see nice people on the internet anyway.

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                                                                February 21, 2025 at 8:10 am
                                                                Thanks mate , I will quickly work on this behaviour this shitty personality is not the real me but iG I need to step away from internet toxicity caught me

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                                                    February 21, 2025 at 1:57 am
                                                    going to cops will get him fucked and unless it has his face she has no leverage

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                                                      February 21, 2025 at 2:09 am
                                                      The fact that your friend has sexual relations with a minor can land him in massive trouble.

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                                                        February 21, 2025 at 2:15 am
                                                        He should be more worried that she might file a pocso complaint against him. Even sending sexually explicit pictures to a minor amounts to a criminal offence under pocso

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                                                          February 21, 2025 at 2:43 am
                                                          If she files a posco case, then you are done for life.
                                                          Private pictures are least of your worries. Don’t piss her off. Wait until she becomes 18

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                                                            February 21, 2025 at 2:54 am
                                                            Stay Calm and Win, no need to worry at all,

                                                            1) lock all your profiles from the internet, I hope you have done it already.

                                                            2) let the shit happen first. Let her threaten first. Then you come back to us.

                                                            3) we don’t want to see it, nor the rest of the world.

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                                                              February 21, 2025 at 2:55 am
                                                              Your friend will go inside under POSCO.

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                                                                February 21, 2025 at 3:17 am
                                                                NAL

                                                                Ask him to put up a post that scammers are trying to blackmail him by creating obscene AI images of him with and demanding money and that he will remain steadfast and will not give in to their demands. Maybe add a line that he will go to cyber police if such pictures get posted online.

                                                                Done and dusted.

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                                                                  February 21, 2025 at 3:19 am
                                                                  Bro sending a nude pic to minor is also a crime

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                                                                    February 21, 2025 at 3:52 am
                                                                    It is crime. No excuse!

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