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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rachel Hall

Jane told police intimate photos of her were online. They told her to go to the tech companies

A young woman in a dark room with her face illuminated by her smartphone screen
Polling by Refuge and End Violence Against Women found that one in five women had been stalked, monitored, harassed or controlled online. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

When Jane* learned that intimate photos of her had been posted on a website without her consent, she expected the police would help her. Instead, she was warned that researching where her photos had been shared might put her at risk of breaking the law.

After she was handed a leaflet on internet safety and told to go to tech companies for help, but to expect little from them, the case was closed.

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