Courts may rule that faked pornographic images are defamatory in courts and could even order that these images be taken down, but victims need money and time to hire a lawyer and bring a case. Moreover, even if a takedown is granted by the courts, it’s difficult to take down an image across all platforms. In the current context, legal protections are extended to individuals who manipulate images or videos, despite the harm these manipulators inflict. Legal scholars have begun to push back, arguing that a publicly shared photo becomes a private image if it has been edited to depict the subject in a sexualized way.