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The disturbing online trade in sexually explicit images of women, often taken and posted online without their consent, can ruin lives.

Reporter Monika Plaha meets women who found that intimate pictures of them were posted on social media. She asks whether tech companies are doing enough and tracks down one man responsible for running an online community awash with explicit material.

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