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Claudia Savage

Call to make revenge porn civil offence to avoid ‘retraumatising’ trials

Reports to the Revenge Porn Helpline doubled last year, according to the organisation’s 2023 report (PA) - (PA Wire)

Revenge porn should be made a statutory civil offence to allow victims redress without having to go through a “retraumatising” criminal trial, MPs have been told.

In a Westminster Hall debate on tackling image-based abuse, Labour MP Kirith Entwistle said allowing a civil process for victims would give them a “second chance”, and highlighted the rise in deep fake intimate images generated using AI.

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