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Law Professor. Advisor. Commentator.
Expert on Violence Against Women & Girls
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Prof McGlynn Recognised by Glamour for Advocacy to End Image-based Abuse
On International Women’s Day, it was an honour to be recognised by Glamour UK for my work to end image-based sexual abuse. I have been...
Mar 12


Porn Review Adopts Prof McGlynn’s Law Reforms
My research and recommendations to strengthen the regulation of extreme pornography have been adopted in the UK’s Independent Porn Review...
Mar 12


Participation in Paris AI Action Summit
In February 2025 I had the opportunity to attend the inter-governmental AI Action Summit  held in Paris alongside prominent figures...
Feb 16


Victory for Consent-Based Deepfake Abuse Law
I am pleased to share a major victory in the fight against online abuse, particularly deepfake sexual violence. After extensive...
Feb 16


Parliament Debates Proposed Deepfake LawÂ
The UK Parliament debated  on 13 December 2024 a proposed new law criminalising the taking, soliciting and creating of intimate images...
Jan 4


New Review of Sexual/Indecent Exposure Research
Should we be taking stronger action against sexual/indecent exposure as the behaviour might escalate to contact sexual offending? This...
Aug 21, 2024


New Appointment to Council of Europe Expert Committee on Tech-Facilitated Violence Against Women
I am honoured to be appointed to the Council of Europe’s newly established Committee of Experts on Combating Technology-Facilitated...
Jul 25, 2024


New Campaign calling for Image Based Abuse Law
A new campaign has been launched calling for a comprehensive Image Based Abuse Law to better protect women’s rights and freedoms online...
Jun 25, 2024


New Criminal Offence to Create Deepfake Porn
Following calls for reform, the UK Government has announced plans to criminalise creating sexually explicit deepfakes without consent....
May 2, 2024


Degraded by Deepfakes
A powerful new BBC radio documentary Degraded by Deepfakes explores the experiences of ‘Jodie’ who had deepfake porn made of her without...
Apr 18, 2024


First #Cyberflashing ConvictionÂ
The first man convicted of the new offence of #cyberflashing in England & Wales was sentenced this week to 66 weeks imprisonment. On ITV...
Mar 27, 2024


New Police Guidance to Improve Rape Investigations
My research with colleagues has developed new guidance to improve police responses to rape and sexual offending which is now part of the...
Feb 15, 2024


Appointed to the Judicial Appointments Commission
I am honoured to have been appointed to the Judicial Appointments Commission, the body responsible for the selection of judges in England...
Dec 14, 2023


New: Deepfake Nudes and Why Google Must Act
The world may finally be waking up to the reality of deepfake porn, with news last week that young boys in Spain used AI nudify apps to...
Oct 4, 2023


Fake Porn-Real Victims: New Documentary on Deepfake Porn
The harmful reality of deepfake porn is laid bare in a powerful new documentary by the renowned Swiss media company NZZ, featuring...
Sep 24, 2023


New Online Safety Bill Guidance to tackle abuse of women and girls
Following a long campaign, the Government has agreed to change the Online Safety Bill to better protect women and girls from online...
Jul 24, 2023


Pornography Review Announced
The UK Government has announced an ambitious and much-needed review of pornography regulation . I welcomed this review in the G uardian ,...
Jul 7, 2023


Debating Criminal law and Feminism on BBC Radio
In debates on the abolition of prisons and defunding the police following #BlackLivesMatter, where does this leave women survivors of...
May 19, 2023


New Campaign to Close Loopholes in Cyberflashing Law
This week saw the launch of a new campaign by Bumble, Grazia and UN Women urging UK Government ministers to reconsider their approach...
Apr 21, 2023


Stephen Bear sentencing takes intimate image abuse seriously
Stephen Bear has been sentenced to 21 months imprisonment for the taking and sharing of a sexual video of his then girlfriend, influencer...
Mar 6, 2023


Online misogyny set to be outlawed
The front page of The Daily Telegraph reports the Government are set to include a Code of Practice on Violence Against Women and Girls in...
Feb 3, 2023
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