Cyberflashing: What is it and is it illegal?
The IndependentSign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The news follows various campaigns that have been launched to criminalise cyberflashing, including one from the dating app Bumble, which published data that found one in four women believed it became more prevalent during the pandemic. Meanwhile, research by Professor Jessica Ringrose from 2020 found that 76 per cent of girls aged 12-18 had been sent unsolicited nude images of boys or men. The secretary of state for justice, Dominic Raab, said: “Protecting women and girls is my top priority which is why we’re keeping sexual and violent offenders behind bars for longer, giving domestic abuse victims more time to report assaults and boosting funding for support services to £185m per year. Claire Barnett, executive director of UN Women UK, said: “Cyberflashing is a pervasive issue that, like other forms of sexual harassment, disproportionately targets and impacts women and girls.
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Government strengthens Online Safety Act to crack down on revenge porn
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Cyberflashing: Understanding new law that bans sending unwanted nude pictures
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Tory MP Maria Miller tells how she was cyber-flashed while on busy train into Waterloo
Daily Mail
Cyberflashing to be criminalised under new online safety bill
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This is why we need to criminalise cyberflashing
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A proposed new law criminalising cyberflashing is welcome – but it has one major flaw
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Finland Moves to Update Sexual Offences Laws, Ban Sending Unsolicited Explicit Photos
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Sexual harassment including indecent exposure has got worse since lockdown, say women
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Rise in pre-teen girls tricked into online sex acts
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Revenge porn online advice service views more than double in a year
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Upskirting becomes criminal offence as new law comes into effect
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