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Revenge Porn: sharing private sexual materials with intent to cause distress
A report on the relationship between pornography use and harmful sexual behaviours towards women, based on interviews with workers in social work, justice, and health.
The US and UK have committed to developing and funding new capabilities to stop the spread of sickening AI-generated images of children.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Revenge Porn: sharing private sexual materials with intent to cause distress.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Online Safety Act receives Royal Assent putting rules to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online into law.
Vile abusers who rape a child will have their own parental responsibilities automatically removed under new laws.
The Home Secretary hosted an event with the Internet Watch Foundation, and committed to clamp down on the spread of AI-generated child sex abuse material.
Consultation launched to strengthen safeguards for child strip search including the requirement to notify parents and guardians when a child is strip searched.
Children will be better protected from sexual abuse following change to the law making it easier to prosecute criminals who have had sex in front of children for gratification.
This action plan for tackling child sexual exploitation brings together actions by the government and a range of national and local partners to protect children from this largely hidden form of child abuse.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
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