07/01/2025: Revenge Porn Helpline Welcomes New Legislation to Criminalise the Creation and Sharing of Deepfakes But Still Raises Concern Amid Remaining Gaps
The Revenge Porn Helpline welcomes the UK Government’s recent announcement to introduce new offences targeting the creation and sharing of sexually explicit ‘deepfake’ images and other forms of non-consensual intimate image abuse.
04/12/2024: Telegram U-turns and joins child safety scheme
After years of ignoring pleas to sign up to child protection schemes, the controversial messaging app Telegram has agreed to work with an internationally recognised body to stop the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
29/11/2024: ‘I couldn’t stop watching’: Personal stories of how porn obsession takes over lives
Shaun Flores was 11 years old when he first started watching porn, after being introduced to it by a friend.
08/11/2024: SWGfL Advocate for Legislative Change on Intimate Image Abuse at Parliament
SWGfL attended a session at parliament on Wednesday 6th November to share their insights on intimate image abuse with the Women and Equalities Committee presenting evidence detailing the immense impact of non-consensual intimate image abuse (NCII) and the critical need to modernise current legislation to protect adults facing this form of abuse.
24/10/2024: Meta Announces New Measures to Protect People from Sextortion
Meta has launched new safety measures to protect people from sextortion scams. The latest features will restrict users from screenshotting or screen recording images and videos sent in private across Instagram DMs and Messenger.
22/10/2024: New report estimates half a million UK teenagers have encountered AI-generated nude deepfakes
New report by Internet Matters urges the new Government to crack down on AI-generated sexual imagery ‘epidemic’ after survey reveals 13% of teenagers have had an experience with nude deepfakes.
18/10/2024: Teachers want better support to deal with misogyny
Teachers have called for better support to deal with the “alarming” misogynistic influence of social media on children in schools, specifically teenage boys.
10/08/2024: ‘Fear of missing out’ keeping girls and young women online despite sexism
Almost half of girls aged 11 to 21 in Girlguiding survey say sexism and misogyny makes them feel less safe
31/07/2024: Unis told to improve sexual harassment protection
Universities in England need to step up efforts to protect students from sexual harassment, their watchdog has said.
30/07/2024: Girl, 12, victim of ‘deepfake’ bullying porn image
A family have said that police did not do enough to protect their 12-year-old daughter after school bullies posted a “deepfake” pornographic image of her on social media.