"Flashing someone is illegal, but the cyber equivalent isn’t, said Danielle Citron, a professor of law at the University of Maryland, who has written a book on cyberstalking.
In order for what happened to me to be considered a crime—harassment—it would have to be “repeated and persistent,” according to Citron. A standard that two lewd pics probably doesn’t meet.
“This is just the general problem when it comes to network tools, so often law enforcement’s response is, ‘it’s not a big deal,’” says Citron. “We are, I think culturally, playing catchup to understanding the harms that can be inflicted. And if people don’t—if the law enforcers themselves aren’t well trained in the technology or the tools we have at hand to use, then of course there’s a lag in enforcement.”"