The Take It Down Act is designed to protect young women from sexual exploitation including AI deepfakes, but critics say it might be used to censor legal porn and LGBTQ+ content
May 22, 2025
Men are leaking explicit photos of women on Telegram group chats with thousands of members. We speak to one of the victims about her experience
Feb 03, 2025
With just a few clicks, pornographic videos can now be made starring people who have never consented – so why isn’t anyone taking it seriously?
Apr 19, 2022
DeepNude, a ‘deepfake ecosystem’ popular on Telegram, has generated over 100,000 non-consensual, explicit nude images of women and underage girls
Dec 08, 2020
Cases of intimate image abuse so far this year have surpassed the amount reported in the whole of 2019, after incidents surged amid the pandemic
Sep 18, 2020
The Domestic Abuse Bill has been amended to ban the disturbing ‘rough sex’ defence, but is yet to make intimate image intimidation a criminal offence
Jul 07, 2020
An intimate image abuse helpline received a surge in the number of people seeking advice after the UK government imposed its stay-at-home orders
May 13, 2020
The technology uses AI to remove clothing from photos of women
Jun 27, 2019
‘Deepfakes’ are being weaponised to silence women – as the technology accelerates, can our lawmakers move fast enough to protect us?
Sep 19, 2018
Encrypt Your Nudes, from the feminist collective Tech Witches, prioritises human needs over how technology works to bring power back to people who are alienated online
Dec 30, 2016
A spike in suicides have been linked to ‘sextortion’, where fake social media profiles trick people into performing sexual acts on webcams in an attempt to blackmail victims
Nov 30, 2016
Electronic pop duo YACHT turned the table on their hackers after a sex tape was allegedly leaked – but it might all be an elaborate PR stunt
May 10, 2016
In a new blog post directed at her younger readers, Leomie Anderson discusses issues of slut-shaming and sexual assault
Apr 26, 2016
Ryan Collins from Pennsylvania has reportedly agreed to a plea deal – though he may only serve an 18-month sentence
Mar 16, 2016
When old photos of Sarah were leaked online by Hunter Moore, it took hours for her life to get torn apart – so why isn't the government doing more to stop it?
Feb 09, 2016