UK MPs Urged to Classify Revenge Porn as Illegal Content
Experts argue for treating non-consensual intimate images like child abuse material to enhance online safety.
- David Wright from the UK Safer Internet Centre highlighted a sharp increase in revenge porn cases, rising from 1,600 in 2019 to nearly 19,000 last year.
- The UK Government plans to classify revenge porn as a priority offence under the Online Safety Act, requiring proactive removal by platforms starting next spring.
- Experts argue that non-consensual intimate images should be treated as illegal content to enable internet service providers to block access.
- Executives from Google and Microsoft support the proposal, stating it would provide clearer guidelines for removing such content.
- The Women and Equalities Committee is assessing the effectiveness of the Online Safety Act in tackling revenge porn and considering further legislative improvements.
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