“For too lengthy the federal government’s strategy to tackling image-based abuse has been piecemeal and ineffective. This disaster calls for extra.”
Jodie has an essential message for anybody who needs to assist the marketing campaign: “Collectively, we will finish image-based abuse. Please assist me by signing and sharing this petition.”
In 2023, GLAMOUR launched a groundbreaking consent survey, in partnership with Refuge and Rape Disaster, which requested over 3000 girls about their attitudes in the direction of sexual consent. Of all of the findings – which you’ll learn in full right here – we have been horrified to be taught that 91% of GLAMOUR readers assume deepfake know-how poses a risk to the protection of ladies.
Earlier this 12 months, we took our findings to parliament, internet hosting a roundtable in partnership with Greg Clark, then the Conservative MP for Tunbridge Wells and Chair of the Science, Innovation, and Know-how Committee, to discover what politicians and tech firms can do to cease deepfake abuse.
Barely a month later, we had our first marketing campaign win. The federal government introduced proposals to criminalise the creation of deepfake pornography. Sadly, within the wake of the basic election, this promise by no means got here to fruition.
In June 2024, GLAMOUR formally launched our marketing campaign, in partnership with EVAW, Not Your Porn, and Professor Clare McGlynn, to introduce a complete Picture-Based mostly Abuse Legislation.
Rebecca Hitchen, Head of Coverage & Campaigns on the Finish Violence Towards Girls Coalition (EVAW), says, “Picture-based abuse is deeply dangerous and a rising risk to girls and ladies. By signing this petition, you might be telling the federal government to take pressing motion to guard survivors and forestall different girls and ladies from being focused.
The know-how that’s enabling perpetrators to create, share and broadly disseminate abusive pictures is consistently evolving at a fast tempo, which is why tackling the problem must be underpinned by a complete legislation that holds each perpetrators and tech platforms accountable and supplies specialist assist and particular person redress for survivors, alongside working in the direction of a greater future via prevention.”
Professor Clare McGlynn says, “Present legal guidelines on image-based abuse are sophisticated and complicated, with big gaps, leaving survivors with few choices to take again management of their lives and safe some sense of justice. We’d like a complete image-based abuse legislation that recognises the character and extent of this abuse and units out an ambition to eradicate it.
There have been current enhancements within the legislation, however they don’t seem to be complete, with many survivors falling between the gaps within the legislation. The delays in appearing are now not acceptable.”
Elena Michael, Director of Not Your Porn, says, “The time to behave is now. A complete system to deal with image-based abuse is lengthy overdue. The On-line Security Act doesn’t go far sufficient, though it’s a beginning piece within the jigsaw puzzle. Survivors can’t be anticipated to do all of the work to guard themselves though that is primarily what they’re having to do due to the gaps within the legislation.
The 5 ‘asks’ on this marketing campaign are formed by the wants and experiences of survivors – that is what they want as an absolute minimal, and we are going to preserve calling for it till the federal government listens.”
*Names and a few particulars have been modified to guard victims and survivors’ identities and security.
Revenge Porn Helpline supplies recommendation, steerage and assist to victims of intimate image-based abuse over the age of 18 who reside within the UK. You’ll be able to name them on 0345 6000 459.
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