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The Online Safety Act: Protecting women and children from digital harm

The introduction of the Online Safety Act 2023 represents a significant development in the regulation of online platforms in the UK. This legislation establishes a…

By Racheal Alake
Can I bring a claim for intimate image-based abuse?

Intimate image-based abuse has captured the nation’s attention after high-profile cases involving reality TV stars Georgia Harrison and Vicky Patterson. However, it is not just…

By Megan Greaves
New laws to target AI-generated child sex abuse

The UK is set to become the first country to make AI–generated child sexual abuse images illegal. Four new laws will specifically target the use…

By Joseph Carr
Change in Deepfake law – will it make a difference?

There have been a number of developments in the world of deepfakes in the past week – firstly, a change in the law has been…

By Emma Barrow
Hugh Nelson’s AI child abuse conviction shows we must urgently update our tech laws

The UK’s first conviction for using artificial intelligence to create explicit images of children shows an urgent need to tighten laws around misusing technology. Hugh…

By Abbie Hickson
Catfish child abuser first to be sentenced in UK for manslaughter of victim in a…

*Warning descriptions of child abuse and suicide below* A prolific paedophile who caused a 12-year-old girl to take her own life has been jailed for…

By Joseph Carr
Man who used AI to create child sexual abuse images convicted in ‘landmark’ case

A man who used AI to turn photographs of real children into child sexual abuse images before selling them to paedophiles has been convicted in…

By Hayley Chapman-Todd
Growing demand for AI-generated abuse revealed – with offenders wrongly thinking it’s victimless

A new study has revealed an increasing trend among paedophiles to create and share child sexual abuse material (CSAM) using artificial intelligence. Anglia Ruskin University…

By Martyna Lewczuk
Anaesthetist Edward Finn jailed after sexually assaulting young girl admitted for operation

An anaesthetist who sexually assaulted a young girl under 13 and made indecent and voyeuristic photographs of children and adults has been jailed for eight…

By Hayyin Fan
GP Thomas Plimmer branded ‘accomplished liar’ as he’s struck off for sexual behaviour

A GP who had sex with colleagues at his practice when he should have been treating patients has been struck off. Thomas Plimmer, a GP…

By Hayyin Fan
Prep school teacher charged with online child sex offences

A former prep school teacher has been charged with 11 online child sex offences. Sam Phillips, 27, was arrested in March on suspicion of child…

By Emma Barrow
First jail sentence for cyberflashing in England: the start of new consequences for online abuse

A man has become the first person to be sent to jail for cyberflashing, under legislation that marks a turning point in how online abuse…

By Hayley Chapman-Todd
First person convicted of cyberflashing in England and Wales

A man who sent a woman and child unsolicited pictures of his private parts on WhatsApp has become the first person in England and Wales…

By Hayyin Fan
Derbyshire teaching assistant guilty of sending sexual messages to schoolgirls

Kevin Doxey has pleaded guilty to sending sexually-explicit messages to schoolgirls whilst working as a teaching assistant at Anthony Gell School in in Wirksworth, Derbyshire.…

By Joseph Carr
Revenge porn: Georgia Harrison vs Stephen Bear

I first heard of Georgia Harrison when she arrived as a bombshell during my favourite season of Love Island. Georgia was responsible for arguably one…

By Abbie Hickson
Stephen Bear sentenced for ‘revenge porn’ offences

Former reality-TV star Stephen Bear was on 3 March 2023, sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court. In 2022, he was found guilty of voyeurism, and two…

By Abbie Hickson
“Take It Down”: Tool Launched to help children remove online images

A new tool has been launched to help remove sexually explicit images of children from the internet. It works by creating a digital fingerprint, unique…

By Abbie Hickson
Police officer banned over sexual misconduct

A police officer from Greater Manchester Police’s Trafford district has been banned from working in the profession after a disciplinary hearing which took place earlier…

By Marek Marczynski
Stephen Bear convicted of voyeurism and disclosing private sexual photos and films

On 13 December 2022, a jury at Chelmsford Crown Court found the Stephen Bear, former reality TV star of Celebrity Big Brother, guilty of all…

By Abbie Hickson
Online Safety Bill and Image-Based Sexual Abuse

The Online Safety Bill returns to Parliament today, 5 December 2022. It is currently in report stage, and has been delayed on multiple occasions, due…

By Abbie Hickson

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