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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...

My research and recommendations to strengthen the regulation of extreme pornography have been adopted in the UK’s Independent Porn Review...

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

I am pleased to share a major victory in the fight against online abuse, particularly deepfake sexual violence. After extensive...

The UK Parliament debated  on 13 December 2024 a proposed new law criminalising the taking, soliciting and creating of intimate images...

Should we be taking stronger action against sexual/indecent exposure as the behaviour might escalate to contact sexual offending?  This...

I am honoured to be appointed to the Council of Europe’s newly established Committee of Experts on Combating Technology-Facilitated...

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

Following calls for reform, the UK Government has announced plans to criminalise creating sexually explicit deepfakes without consent....

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

The first man convicted of the new offence of #cyberflashing in England & Wales was sentenced this week to 66 weeks imprisonment. On ITV...

My research with colleagues has developed new guidance to improve police responses to rape and sexual offending which is now part of the...

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...

The harmful reality of deepfake porn is laid bare in a powerful new documentary by the renowned Swiss media company NZZ, featuring...

Following a long campaign, the Government has agreed to change the Online Safety Bill to better protect women and girls from online...

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

In debates on the abolition of prisons and defunding the police following #BlackLivesMatter, where does this leave women survivors of...

This week saw the launch of a new campaign by Bumble, Grazia and UN Women urging UK Government ministers to reconsider their approach...

Stephen Bear has been sentenced to 21 months imprisonment for the taking and sharing of a sexual video of his then girlfriend, influencer...

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...