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TikTok star Chris Olsen is opening up about his experiences with revenge porn.

The 26-year-old influencer tearfully spoke about the issue in a video posted to his TikTok page on July 23, in which he described the situation as “nonconsensual,” “violating” and “illegal.”

According to Olsen, he learned about the images, posted to X (formerly Twitter), about four years ago when he was first growing his platform on TikTok.

He said that he made an account to explicitly ask the user who posted the images to take them down, but was blocked after sending them the message.

Then, Olsen said the user told others to download the photos before they were removed from the site. “I knew after that I was, like, basically done for,” he added.

The issue has apparently not subsided in the four years following Olsen’s discovery. “I’m still dealing with this today,” he said in the clip. “It never stopped. It’s nonconsensual. It’s violating. It’s fully abuse and illegal.”

Olsen also used the opportunity to call out others sharing similar images of other prominent figures, reminding them that actions like that are indeed criminal in most states.

“If you’re contributing to this, you’re contributing to a culture of abuse,” Olsen said in the clip. “And to say that someone with a platform deserves this or should expect this because this is the job that we’ve chosen is absolutely insane."

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Neither Olsen nor X immediately responded to PEOPLE’s requests for comment.

"Revenge porn," or what's known as revenge porn, is when explicit images are shared without one's consent.

Nearly all 50 states have laws against non-consensual pornography and image-based sexual assault. Massachusetts is the latest state to pass a law banning the non-consensual sharing of explicit images in June 2024, according to the state's website.

According to Ballotpedia, South Carolina is currently the only state without a similar law on the books.

A study conducted by the National Library of Medicine amongst Portuguese women that was published in 2023 found roughly 45% of the female subjects “reported at least one experience of revenge porn.”

The study also stated that those who were victims of revenge porn “reported higher levels of humiliation, anxiety and depression and lower levels of self-esteem than non-victims.”

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