Twitch streamer Kai Cenat says he’s a victim of revenge porn. How technology makes the practice easier than ever and harder to prosecute. WSOC TV [Video]

One of the most popular creators on Twitch, a video livestreaming platform with over 240 million monthly active users, accused an OnlyFans model this week of posting revenge porn, drawing renewed attention to the increasingly pernicious practice.

“It’s a huge problem,” said Jeff Lewis, a First Amendment lawyer, of revenge porn, which he defines as distributing sexual photos or videos of another individual who did not consent to having them distributed. In an interview with Yahoo News, Lewis explained that in cases of revenge porn, sensitive material may have been taken or sent to someone consensually, such as to a partner, or could have been taken without the victim’s consent or knowledge.

The latter scenario is what 22-year-old Twitch streamer Kai Cenat says happened to him. In an April 14 Twitch stream, Cenat claimed that a woman he met in early 2023 has been leaking naked photos and videos taken without his consent on …