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